Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has opened a number of projects undertaken by government through the Zongo Development Fund (ZDF) in the Ashanti Region.

At separate ceremonies at Asokore (Asokore Quranic Islamic School), Effiduase (Hamdaniya Islamic School), both in the Sekyere East District, and at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis, he unveiled furnished classroom blocks, a water system and a Community Sports and Social Centre as part of his two-day visit to the Region.

He noted that not only has the government implemented a comprehensive development of educational infrastructure to bridge the gap in Zongo communities, it has also intervened positively by improving health facilities, sanitation, human resource development through skills training and educational grants and in improving the ambiance, visibility in developing communities.