Damongo – October 16, 2025.
Ghana’s minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has donated a brand new GB Power Plant 100KVA capacity plant to the Damongo Nursing And Midwifery Training College.
The donation was made after an official request made by the school management to the Energy minister to serve as alternative power source.
Hon. DCE for Central Gonja Fuseini Mahama, MCE for West Gonja Municipal Assembly Hon Yussif Yakubu Castro Jnr. made the presentation on behalf of John Jinapor on Thursday 16th October, 2025, in Damongo.
The Hon. DCE for Central Gonja District Fuseini Mahama represented Energy and Green Transition minister John Jinapor.
In a brief address during the presentation he noted that John Jinapor is motivated by the need for stable energy supply for the country and institutions. As a result the country is enjoying general power stability under his care as a Energy minister. The plant will serve as an alternative power source to the school when there’s power interruptions.
“Energy flow can be interrupted sometimes with some hitches. So the school needs an alternative power source to complement the development of human capital. We need to create, prepare, and boost the future of the human resource base in the country to take over the management of the country when the current ones retire in future “.
Fuseini Mahama appealed to them to the management of the school to manage the plant well to ensure sustainable use.
Other notable persons present were Damongo NDC Chairman, Organizer, Deputy Secretary, school staff, students, among others.
Hon. MCE for West Gonja Municipal Yussif Yakubu Castro Jnr. pledged that the government will do everything possible to make the Damongo Nursing And Midwifery Training College one of the best in Ghana. The municipal assembly support infrastructure and tuition improvement in the school.
“This institution is targeting to be the best Nursing And Midwifery Training College in Ghana. For us to get there, we need improvement in infrastructure, tuition and learning. So all stakeholders must work effectively to get improved performance that will take the school there”.
He encouraged both tutors and learners to consider their learning first before any other issue. And noted that the learners must respect authority both in and out of school environment for a successful future.
Hajia Shelley Issah, the Principal of the school explained that accredited institutions, such as Ghana Technical Education Commission (GTEC) and NMC have been on the school management head to get a power plant to boot our accreditation chances.
The donation is a big step for the school because it will support management to get the institutional accreditation faster and also, help the school achieve a long term vision of running ‘specialized and degree programs’.
Hajia Shelley revealed that when the school wrote a letter to John Jinapor, he responded in less than a week and just last week, the plant arrived at school.
Hajia Shelley expressed gratitude to John Jinapor and the government for providing the power plant and assured it will be used for the purpose for which it was donated.
She assured the minister of sound maintenance culture to keep the power plant safe and healthy.
Students who spoke to PAD FM expressed gratitude and joygovernment and said it will boost learning activities in school because there will be alternative power supply anytime there’s power interruptions on campus.
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