Minister of Education commends NSS for its Agric Projects  

The Minister of Education, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman  has highly commended the National Service Scheme (NSS) for its Agric Projects  which has been  of  great relief to Senior High Schools, (SHS) in the country.

She said she is looking forward to collaborating with the management of the Scheme in several areas where they can assist in the development process. 

Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman  said this when NSS handed over 10,000 bags of maize to senior high schools in Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions.

The Minister said the Scheme has demonstrated that when given the necessary resources it will make significant achievements and as the Education Minister, she will make sure the Scheme gets what it needs.

Executive Director of the National Service Scheme Vincent Senam Kuagbenu said the scheme is poised to extend the Agric projects of the Scheme to cover all the ten regions from the current seven regions it is operating in, he said it is heart-warming that service personnel across the country have embraced the Scheme’s Agric project and with time they have become the bulwark behind its success story. 

He said the Scheme has provided employment opportunities for community volunteers in the catchment areas of the projects and this has brought a lot of relief to hitherto unemployed youth.

For his part, the Ashanti Regional President of CHASS, Rev. Collins Oppong- Anokye who spoke on-behalf of his colleague heads of Senior High Schools said they are very grateful to the Scheme for this annual gesture. 

He said this gesture of the National Service Scheme has taken a huge burden off the shoulders of the Scheme since it does not have to go to the open market or thru middle-men to buy the maize from them often at an exorbitant price.

Rev. Oppong- Anokye said the Scheme could have sold the maize in the open market where it will earn more profits however the Scheme sells to the schools at a highly subsidized price and on credit terms. 

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