The Deputy CEO of the Petroleum Commission, Mr. Prince Benjamin Aboagye has led a five-member team to officially hand over a refurbished dormitory block to officials of the Twin-City Special School in Sekondi-Takoradi last Thursday.
Based on a request by the school in May 2020 for support and subsequent approval by the Governing Board of the Commission in the same year, a technical team from the Commission in collaboration with the Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL) was tasked to ascertain the scope of work, cost of the project and provide recommendations on the way forward.
Following review of the recommendations and approval by the Board, the project began in earnest, in anticipation that the final refurbished building will provide some form of relief and lessen the plight of the special needs students at the school.
On behalf of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and student body, Headmistress of the school, Mrs. Crescentia Efua Bilson-Sai expressed her appreciation to the Commission. “We are so happy to have you here this morning and we are indeed grateful for this kind gesture extended to us to improve the living conditions of the children,” she said.
On his part, Mr. Aboagye encouraged the school officials to ensure that the current standard of the dormitory is maintained.
“Take extra care of the usage of this facility so that future occupants can benefit from this investment,”
– he said.
To this, Project Consultant at AESL, Mr. Eric Annan indicated that measures are already in place to support the school the school in that regard. “As part of the contracting process, a defect liability period of six months is already in place to ensure that the school authorities can call on the AESL in writing to inform them about any structural defects that may need to be corrected during the period, “ he noted.
In a related development, the PC team took the opportunity to inspect progress of work of a “changing room” being constructed for the School of the Deaf, a few meters away from the Twin-City School.
Already, the first stage of the project is about 45% completed. Additional funds are expected to be released soon to ensure the project is completed within the agreed time frame.
The PC delegation was made up of the Manager, Procurement, Mr. Edward Kuditey; Manager, Western Region Office, Mr. Alfred Ayah; Head Corporate Affairs, Ms. Linda Kosi and Asst. Community Relations Officer, Mr. Prince Gyimah.