IITA BBEST CUTS SOD TO START THE FACILITIES AT KOFISAH IN THE NSAWAM ADOAGYIRI MUNICIPALITY

After an engagement with the community members, the project team the focal person from CSIR-IIR, Dr Richard Bayitse, the Municipal Chief Executive of Nsawam Adoagyiri Mr Isaac Buabeng including other staff from the Municipal Coordinating Director Mr Jerry A. Amoafo, the chief of the community Nana Abegyei III went to the site to cut the sod. This officially marks the beginning of the IITA BBEST project activities in the community. The ceremony was witnessed by people from the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipalities Assembly, elders, and members of the Kofisah community. Dr Daniel Dzepe on behalf of the project management team expressed his appreciation to the chief and the members of the community and sought their support and collaboration during the activities of the project in the community starting from the building of the facilities which constitute an employment opportunity to the youth and women in the community. He also stressed on the benefits of the project to community, and he stated: “Thank you Kofisah, thank you Nsawam. The MCE, Hon. Isaac K. Buabeng expressed his appreciation to the IITA BBEST Project coordination unit for choosing the Kofisah community to establish the Black Soldier Fly processing unit. On behalf of his citizens, the Chief thanked IITA and the Assembly for blessing his community with such a project and pledged his support to ensure the facility's completion and successful implementation of the project. _Nana Abegyei III right, Hon, Isaac K. Buabeng, Dr Dzepe-Togue, IITA BBEST, Dr Richard Bayitse. _