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The Member of Parliament for Asunafo South, Eric Opoku, has accused the government of diverting an amount of GH\u00a2750 million in 2023 from the District Assemblies Common Fund to be used in the purchase of laptops for onward distribution to SHS students.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, announced plans by the government to distribute over 1.4 million tablets to students of Wesley Girls Senior High School under the free SHS policy within the next two months to help improve teaching and learning in the school.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, the Asunafo South MP said the diversion will stifle development at the district level.<\/p>\nHe also alleged that the government is well on its way to divert an additional GH\u00a2750 million for the same purpose.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey [the government] took GH\u00a2750 million from the Common Fund meant for the development of the assemblies and that is why most of the assemblies are not doing anything at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this year, they intend to add another GH\u00a2750 million so that they will have GH\u00a21.5 billion for the purchase of those laptops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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