President John Dramani Mahama has presented 300 buses and 200 double cabin pickups to some selected Senior High Schools (SHSs), Technical/Vocational Schools, Special Schools, Polytechnics, Private Universities, Colleges of Education and District Education Offices across the country.
Other beneficiaries of the donation include the new Community Day Schools, Student Unions, Student Loan Trust Secretariat, National Teaching Council and the Inspectorate Division of the Ghana Education Service (GES).
According to the Ministry of Communications, the beneficiary institutions are drawn from all 10 regions of Ghana as part of the vision of the president to invest massively in Education.
Delivering his address during the presentation at the Independence Square in Accra as part of his Accounting to the People tour in the Greater Accra region, President Mahama urged the beneficiary institutions to take good care of the buses.
The president added that the buses and pickups are meant to help in the effective management of the beneficiary institutions.
The buses were financed by the Fidelity Bank Ghana limited. Drivers of the various vehicles will also be taken through special driving lessons.
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