The Ministry of Education has denied allegations of misappropriation of public funds intended for the Wi-Fi for Schools program, labelling them as “inaccurate”.
In a statement released on June 3, the Ministry responded to a recent report by The Fourth Estate Media, which suggested a failure in service delivery and misuse of public funds.
The Ministry urged the public to ignore the misleading perception created by the publication, affirming the Minister Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum’s commitment to ensuring value for money in all initiatives.
The Ministry clarified that despite the approved amount for recurring expenses, it only disburses payment for the accessible dedicated internet, not the total capped monthly cost.
This comes after The Fourth Estate reported that nearly four years after the initiation of the program, several schools in Ghana still lack internet access, despite Busy Internet, an internet service provider that seems to have ceased operations, receiving GHS 56 million.
The contract has now been transferred to a firm named Lifted Logistics, which only obtained a provisional ISP license in February 2024.
