The Minority in Parliament has indicted Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for delaying some payments to aid infrastructural developments in senior high schools to meet the demands of the free shs policy.
In a statement, the Minority blamed the minister for obstructing the Ghana Education Trust Fund in securing enough funding to put up infrastructures.
“The truth is that the Minister of Finance has put a number of impediments in the way of GETFUND such that access to the facility has become very difficult,” the Minority said in a statement on Tuesday, April 6, expressing fear about a possible crisis with the Free SHS Policy.
“The Minister of Finance also appointed a Special Purpose Vehicle such that all certificates due for payment and were duly vetted by the Technical and Accounts Units of GETFUND have to be vetted again by an audit firm solely appointed by the Minister, causing so much delay in the payment of over GH¢800 million to contractors with the money being locked up with the Bank of Ghana,” the statement issued by the Ranking Member on the Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, said.
Source: GhanaFeed.com