The Ministry of Education (MoE) will operationalise an E-block in the Aflao in the Volta Region that has sparked discussions in the next academic year.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, has said contrary to claims that the project had been abandoned, the government is committed to it.
“I’m hopeful that, by the next academic year, it will be operationalised,” he told Asaase Radio.
Justifying why completion and use of the education infrastructure seem stalled, he said “if you look at the project now, the cost has shot up because some of them before you can be able to operationalise them, the government has to raise extra funds to be able to construct boarding facilities.”
This revelation follows a brouhaha over a reaction by President Nana Akufo-Addo to the Paramount Chief of Aflao, Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya Fiti V, who had requested that the project be operationalised within four months.
Torgbui Adzonu-Gaga Amenya Fiti V on Wednesday, October 20, gave the government a four-month ultimatum to finish the school project started by the NDC government.
However, responding to this on Peace FM in a one-on-one interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi, President Akufo–Addo dared the Paramount Chief to go ahead and “complete” the abandoned E-block if he cannot wait.
“Is he the one to give the minister ultimatum, then he should go ahead and complete the project,” President Akufo–Addo retorted.