Construction begins on landmark TVET school in Wa West’s eastern corridor

‎The Upper West Regional Minister, Charles Lwanga Puozuing, broke ground on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, for the first technical and vocational school in the Wa West District’s eastern corridor at Ga.

This delivers a promise President John Dramani Mahama made on the campaign trail in 2020.‎‎The facility is being described as more than just buildings. For the NDC government, it’s a push to make skills training local, practical, and owned by the communities it is meant to serve.‎‎

“This is a promise fulfilled by the NDC government,” Puozuing said at the ceremony.‎‎He described the project as part of a bigger shift toward skills training that gives young people a chance to be “self-employed, employable, and employed.”‎‎

While Wa West’s district capital, Wechiau, now has a government‑absorbed technical institute, the eastern corridor has neither a TVET school nor a single secondary school. This means many young people in that area have no local option for skills training after basic school.‎‎

For families already struggling with poverty, sending children outside the district has been too expensive. The cost of transport, housing, and daily upkeep in another town is simply beyond what most parents in the eastern corridor can afford.‎‎

The groundbreaking closes a promise that began four years ago, when chiefs and residents asked then‑candidate Mahama to set up a TVET school if he won. They made it clear that their children needed practical skills, not just classroom learning.

‎‎The NDC lost in 2020, but the request came up again in 2024, and John Mahama agreed. This time, the government followed through.

Excitement was high as Puozuing urged chiefs and queen mothers to take ownership of the project.‎‎ “It is fulfilling when people and communities own projects. That makes development meaningful to all of us,” he said. He added that the school would change lives for generations to come.

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