The no-textbook phenomenon will end this year – President Mahama

The no-textbook phenomenon will finish this 12 months – President Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has introduced that the federal government is taking measures to resolve the no textbook points in secondary colleges.

President Mahama accused the earlier Akufo-Addo administration of not offering textbooks after altering the curriculum of the faculties.

At a thanks tour within the northern regional capital tamale on Saturday, March 22, President Mahama stated  “When you recall the earlier administration modified the curriculum and but refused to offer textbooks for our primary college college students.

“This no-textbook phenomenon will finish this 12 months.  Your personal son, Honourable Haruna Iddrisu is accountable for implementing this and he has assured us that these textbooks are going to be printed by Ghanaian printers so that cash stays right here in Ghana.”

The president additionally pronounced that going ahead the Controller and Accountant Normal’s Division pays immediately the allowances of the Nursing and Trainer Trainees.

Because of this each time public sector staff obtain their salaries, the trainer and nursing trainees may even obtain their allowances on the identical time, President Mahama said.

The difficulty of trainee lecturers’ and nurses allowances was a serious marketing campaign in 2016 that price his first time period.

The previous Akufo-Addo administration campaigned on it however reneged on making certain the allowances had been paid on time with arrears operating into a number of months unpaid.

“There may be excellent news for nursing and trainer trainees. Nursing and Trainer trainee allowances are to be paid immediately by the Controller and Accountant Normal.  This has been made part of the compensation objects within the funds. This may completely remove delays in coaching receiving their allowances. Because of this any time public sector staff obtain their month-to-month wage lecturers and nursing trainees may even obtain their allowances.”

President Mahama additionally introduced plans to improve the outdated Tamale Central Hospital within the Northern Area.

The improve, he stated, is meant to ease the stress on the Tamale Educating Hospital and to additionally enhance healthcare supply typically within the area.

He stated “We intend to improve the Outdated Tamale Central Hospital so as that it’ll ease the stress on the Tamale Educating Hospital.

“So we’re going to improve each the Tamale Municipal Hospital which was referred to as Works Hospital at Zubile and the Tamale Central Hospital are each going to be upgraded in order that we will ease the stress on the  Tamale Educating Hospital.”

He confused, “This may enhance well being take care of the individuals of the Northern Area.”

Within the space of agriculture, President Mahama indicated that the federal government goes to spend money on irrigation growth.

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This, he stated would allow the farmers to scale back their dependence on rainwater for producing their crops.

With out irrigation growth, he famous, farming turns into like playing the place the farmers have no idea whether or not they may acquire quantity harvest.

“Agriculture, we’ve realised that due to local weather change the rainfall sample is erratic and the federal government is concentrating on irrigation growth as a result of with out water management farmers develop into like playing,” he stated.

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