Over 162 health and educational institutions in the northern belt of the country have been presented with a total of 7,980 bags for their infrastructural projects by the Ghacem Cement Foundation (GCF).

Ghacem Ltd in 2002 set up the ‘Ghacem Cement Foundation’ to assist in the infrastructural development of health and educational institutions in deprived communities in the country.

The foundation annually gives cement to institutions across the country grouped into Southern (Central, Western, Western North, Volta, Oti, Eastern and Greater Accra Region) and Northern (Northern, North East, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Bono East, Bono, Ahafo and Ashanti Region) sectors as a support package for the institutions which are currently undertaken various infrastructural projects.

The foundation has since its inception donated a total of 675,000 bags of cement valued at a cost of GH₵52 million.

This year the foundation budgeted over 17,450 bags with beneficiaries in Southern sector receiving a total of 9,470 bags at a ceremony held in Takoradi at the Best Western Atlantic Hotel on 11th August 2023 while the Northern sector beneficiaries were presented with a total of 7,980 bags at a similar ceremony recently held last week Thursday, 24th August 2023 in Tamale.

This year’s beneficiaries from the Northern part of the country gathered at the Mariam Hotel to receive cement allocation chit for the various health and education projects. Also present were members of the Ghacem Distributors Association, Northern Region led by the Chairman, Alhaji Abdul Razak Yahaya who were on hand to endorse the impact of the Foundation on their market activities.

Paramount Chief of Assin Kushea of the Owirenkyi Traditional area and Chairman of the foundation, Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, said the Foundation was happy to witness the increasing rate of application and described the applicants as good partners supporting Ghacem to give its quota to develop Ghana.

He urged all present and the nation to continue to patronize the Ghacem cement for the company to get the strength to do more for Ghana.

“Although Ghacem as a manufacturer of cement pays its taxes and duties it still takes delight in allocating free bags of cement to support health and education and has done so since 2002 giving over 675,000 bags valued at GH₵52 million. It is our hope to continue to do this as long as we continue to have a level playing field in the industry whilst producing cement”.

He, therefore, seized the opportunity to brief the gathering on the mode of application: Two (2) types of application exist: To rehabilitate an existing structure that needs work to be done and for new structures the community has reached lintel level that needs support.

The Head of the Ghacem Cement Foundation Secretariat, Frank Antwi Agyapong, in an interview, re-emphasised that the secretariat takes the applications in high esteem and was happy with the numerous applications received for 2022/2023.

“We even expect more applications going forward in all the regions to spread development in the country”.

Mr. Agyapong seized the opportunity to announce the opening of the GCF 2023/2024 applications calling on all to apply early and also become ambassadors partnering Ghacem to support health and educational infrastructure in the country.