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Of course, everybody knows the political expediency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pre-tertiary students are going to register in May because some of them will be turning 18 years and above, some are 18 already and they are going to be the ones voting. So this is a gift to entice them to vote for the current government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, if you are using GH\u00a21.3 billion to give pre-tertiary students laptops, our priority would have been different. Other things are begging for funding in our educational system than those laptops. 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