{"id":283550,"date":"2017-01-10T17:25:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T17:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283550"},"modified":"2017-01-10T17:25:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T17:25:46","slug":"matthew-opoku-prempeh-is-minister-designate-for-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/matthew-opoku-prempeh-is-minister-designate-for-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Opoku Prempeh is Minister designate for Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has been named Minister designate for the Education Ministry.<\/p>\n
President Akufo-Addo made the announcement at the Flagstaff House today [Tuesday], where he announced 12 other minister designates, pending parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n
Before his announcement, Nana Addo emphasized the need for free and quality education to be accessed by everyone, saying “Where we are and where we want to get to, is nothing more important than the quality of the educational system that we have\u2026 It is the responsibility of the state to make sure that every young person in this country has access to quality secondary education and so we want to make it free.<\/p>\n
Nana Addo expressed the hope that although this would be Mr. Opoku Prempeh’s first ministerial appointment, the young medical doctor would work hard in the interest of the country.<\/p>\n