10 April 2022
According to the Solomon Star newspaper today, Sunday, the Honiara Parliamentarian, Alfred Efona has assisted the Honiara High School with building materials worth SBD$41,000.00.
On the 7th of April, Hon Efona adjourned his meetings at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to hand over the building materials to the Principal and staff of the Honiara High School.
The building materials supplied, covered louver frames, louver glass, steel rods, roofing iron, concrete nails, paintbrushes, PVC pipes, galvanized pipes, hand basins, numerous sheets of plywood, numerous bags of cement, dux elbows, paint rollers, tins of off white paint and other plumbing materials, to the school, following a request submitted by the Principal and staff, to the Administration Staff of the Central Honiara Constituency, for assistance and help to rebuild what was left of the school after the riots and burning incident, in November last year.
Accepting the materials supplied by the Central Honiara Constituency Member of Parliament, on behalf of the School, the school Principal Allan Ketei, gratefully thanked the MP for his timely assistance and was moved by the quick response to his urgent call for help.
The Principal also mentioned that the Honiara High School, is currently the highest and largest Secondary High School in terms of the numbers of youths and students, admitted to the school, from all the provinces and the MP’s and C.H.C team, assistance, would go towards building a brand new ablution block that would see the school ready for the new wave of student intakes for the year 2022.
The School principal also highlighted that the MP’s timely assistance, was a first of its kind and the MP was the very first person to have responded by offering assistance and help to the school since the school was affected by the recent riots
The Honorable MP Alfred Efona was present at the official handover ceremony and reiterated that the only way forward at his time was for the teachers, students of Honiara High School, and himself to work together. MP Efona reassured the Honiara High Schools Principal, staff, and team that it was just the beginning of more assistance, yet to come.
Source. Solomon Star News.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
