Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West and Communication Minister, as part of marking her 56^th birthday, refurbished the Dansoman Children’s Park.

The Park, which has not seen any face lift since its establishment about 20 years ago, was transformed and beautified by the birthday celebrant.  

Speaking at a ceremony on Tuesday, October 20 to open the refurbished facility, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said she felt it as a necessity to have the park put into a proper shape.

“When I saw the state in which it was in June with the children still playing on the broken rides, some of them injuring themselves, falling down, tearing their clothes…I decided that we look for money…to put it in better shape than it was”.

 “Thank God we have been able to do this, fix the playground so we can open it on my birthday for kids to have some fun with me. So, I’m very excited about it. But we are not done yet. We are fixing the entire children’s park. We will have a new baseball, basketball, tennis, and volleyball court as well as an Astroturf for football with proper security and maintaining culture better than it has been in the past,” she added.

“In the next couple of months, we would have progressed far with the refurbishment of the other bits. And we are hoping this will also translate into a vote for us. For the first time, the two polling stations here who have never voted NPP have assured me that in 2020 Tonga has fallen for the NPP,” she told the enthusiastic crowd.

 By Autu Dede Adimer