News:
November 10, 2017
Minister of Education Mathew Opoku Prempeh has dismissed claims by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, of government’s intention to relocate the satellite campus of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development from Donkorkrom to Bunso near Kyebi.
The former Deputy Minister of Education had alleged that the said relocation was without recourse to Parliament, although the house originally approved the construction of two campuses for the school at Donkorkrom and Somanya.
However, the Ministry of Education, in a statement, has denied these claims, saying “Ablakwa’s claim that an agreement had been reached to set up the university with Donkorkrom as one of its campuses and that government has reneged on it by relocating it to Bunso is completely false, preposterous and without merit.”
The statement further indicated that, the previous government rather reneged on this agreement by “bringing in a contractor from Brazil to do the work Exim Bank had been contracted to do.
Exim Bank protested strongly against the breach of faith and decided to abandon the project as it did not intend to share the site with the Brazilian contractor.”
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com