MFANTSEMAN ASSEMBLY OWES 5 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES (PAGE 13)

The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly owes five senior high schools and colleges of education GH¢57,546.35 being fees for students who were awarded scholarships by the assembly last academic year.
The schools are Kwegyir Aggrey, Mankessim Secondary Technical, T.I. Ahmadiyya Secondary, Biriwa NVTI, Methodist High, as well as teacher training colleges.
This was contained in an address by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Henry Kweku Hayfron, at the second ordinary meeting of the third session of the fifth assembly.
According to Mr Hayfron, almost all students who gained admissions to the senior high schools in the municipality last academic year were awarded the scholarship without recourse to the laid-down procedures for the award, resulting in the huge debt to the schools.
He described the situation as not sustainable and proposed that the assembly partially weaned itself off the fund and established an independent seven-member scholarship board with representation from the assembly, a private sector and some public-spirited people in the society.
He said the board would come up with modalities for the award, and urged all and sundry to endeavour to furnish the administration with inputs on the matter to facilitate its speedy take-off.
The MCE also proposed for the establishment of Mfantseman EducationS Fund with sponsorship from corporate bodies, philanthropists and other prominent citizens of the municipality.
He outlined a number of ongoing projects, including reshaping of roads, accommodation for nurses and teachers and measures to improve upon education, as well as a way to tackle teenage pregnancy and the HIV and AIDS menace in the municipality.
The Presiding Member, Mr Kofi Aikins, said a committee had been set up to investigate an allegation that some members of the assembly collected various sums of money from the Ghana Highway Authority as a compensation due the assembly for damages caused to its property during the construction of the Kasoa-Yamoransa road, but failed to pay them to the assembly.
The Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman West, Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, commended the members for their sacrifices, and asked them to maintain links with him to find solutions to the challenges confronting the municipality.