MONROVIA. Aug. 16 (LINA) – With the continued effort the Government is making in the educational sector, the Turkish Government has cut sod in Gbarnla Town, Suakoko District, Bong County for a modern high school and a public library.
The building of the modern high school came when the Liberia News Agency (LINA) visited that part of Bong County, just a 20 minutes away from the capital Gbarnla to screen live the difficulties and bad environment hundreds of school going children face in terms of acquiring good education, and at the same time LINA did the live screening of the inconsequential school building and difficulties the children encounter on a daily basis.
An institution called the Kpelleh Association of Liberia TUKARL saw the LINA Panorama video of the challenges the kids are facing and decided to solve the problem by searching for an aid,
Fortunately, they met the Turkey Government though the Consul General of the Republic of Liberia, Selahattin Yimaz, which agreed to build a modern high school in that part of Bong County.
Speaking over the weekend during the ground breaking ceremony of the Gbarnla Town School in Suakoko District, the Consul General of Liberia in Istanbul Selahattin Yilmaz, said the video that he saw on the LINA page brought sorrow to him and his president on how the school- going kids suffered on a daily basis to get an education.
According to him, based on the video he and his president saw, the project will not take longtime to conclude, adding that the people of Turkey are going to work with the citizens in making sure the projects are completed.
The Consul General said when the youth population is educated, the country develops faster and added that the pending construction of the modern high school is not only about the present generation but the next generation to come.
He, however, appreciated President Weah for Turkish-Liberia relationship, the United Kpelleh Association of Liberia and the Liberia News Agency (LINA) for such a touching video that led Gbarnla to getting a modern high school.
For his part, the president of TUKAL chapter, Dave Kontoe, said that the project will develop that part of Bong County because hundreds of school-going kids will no longer come to the capital to get education but rather stay in Gbarnla to conclude high school.
