Free SHS & school feeding not LGBT countries funded – MoE PRO
The Deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Yaw Opoku Mensah says the flagship Free Senior High School and School feeding programs are donor-funded by countries in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT).
Yaw Opoku Mensah comment comes after a journalist said Ghana rejecting the practice of LGBTQ+ in the country would mean the central government will not get funds to sponsor the popular social intervention programs.
“The government this year is spending much of the country’s budget on Free SHS, school feeding program and trainees allowance which is funded with loans from foreign countries in support of LGBTQ+,” the journalist said.
He also noted the payment of trainees allowance has been delayed because there is no money currently to settle the arrears since President Akufo-Addo has not declared his stance on whether LGBT will be approved or rejected in the country.
“So those at home saying we should not approve the Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) where should the government secure funds to continue the free SHS and school feeding program,” the radio presenter stated.
But, the Ministry of Education spokesman reacting to the journalist’s allegation said the popular Free Senior High School (Free SHS) is genuinely funded by the Government of Ghana and not any other LGBTQ+ approved country.
“Free SHS, trainees allowance and school feeding program is not donor-funded, its Government of Ghana (GoG) funded, the amount to be spent this year on the Free SHS project is not funded by any LGBT country,” Mr Yaw said.
In a related story, the Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum at a press briefing said the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) initiative is run by the Education Minister through the Free SHS Secretariat and not managed by Jubilee House.
“The Free SHS project is not run from the Jubilee House, the Minister for Education is in charge of administrations of the popular initiative through the Free SHS Secretariat,” the Education Minister told the journalists at the briefing.
