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General news for Friday, September 25, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-09-25
GETFund Administrator, Mr. Richard Boadu
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) Administrator, Mr. Richard Boadu, has refuted claims by opposition elements of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that Community Day Schools, also known as E-Blocks, which were started by the NDC government before he left office in 2017 have been abandoned by the current government.
Speaking at a Meet the Press event at the Ministry of Information in Accra on Thursday, September 24, 2020, the head of GETFund presented a status report on the Fund, stating that a total of 124 contracts were awarded for the construction of the Blocks. E between 2014 and 2016.
According to him, 23 of the E blocks would be built by the World Bank, and the Government of Ghana, through the GETFund, will assume responsibility for the remaining 101 contracts.
Furthermore, it revealed that when the ruling New Patriotic Party (PNP) took over in January 2017, 29 projects were completed, including seven from the World Bank and 22 GETFund / Ministry of Education projects.
Subsequently, another 27 (comprising 14 World Bank projects and 13 GETFund / Ministry of Education) were completed between 2017-2019 under the current government.
This brings the total number of Block E projects completed to 56. Currently, 22 projects are yet to start and 46 projects are at various levels of completion, it revealed, with a total of 11 currently between 80 and 99% complete.
Referring to these data, Mr. Boadu insisted that it is not correct that the government has abandoned these projects and that, given that they are state assets and because governance is a continuum, it is up to the government to continue with their completion, with what follows committed .
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