The Education Ministry has refuted accusations from the Minority in Parliament, which alleged that the government owes over GH¢6 million to organisations and individuals involved in the Free Senior High School policy.
The Minority caucus claimed government has failed to pay over GH¢300 million for procuring 1.3 million tablets under the “One Student, One Laptop” initiative.
Additionally, they asserted that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is owed GH¢224 million.
Responding to these allegations, Education Ministry spokesperson Kwasi Kwarteng dismissed the claims as baseless.
“Let me hasten to clarify that the said amount being owed by the Ministry of an excess of 6 billion Ghana Cedis, as claimed by the Minority in Parliament is not accurate.
"The Ministry would have been more grateful if they had given more clarifications and details on where they had such figures from.
“From our records, we do not have such representations even in terms of the outstanding arrears we owe our vendors, organizations, and individuals we work with.
“If you look at the claims made by the Minority, reference is made to the government owing the supplier for the ‘One Student, One Tablet’ initiative.
"But, clearly, if you want to juxtapose that claim with the contract the government has with the supplier, at the end of the day, the distribution is in phases, so at every point, the government will pay based on performance,” Kwasi Kwarteng added.
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