UK-based philanthropist donates to Otumfuo Education

The Secretariat of the Otumfuo Education Trust Fund has taken delivery of 20 pieces of computers and its accessories worth over c90 million donated by a UK-based Ghanaian philanthropist, Mr. Mohammed Benson.

The gesture, which was in fulfillment of a promise made to the Asantehene during the last Akwasidae celebration by the Management of SASS Foundation, an NGO of which the philanthropist is a founder and the CEO, was aimed at complementing the immense contribution being made by the Asantehene towards the promotion of quality education in the country.

Mr. Benson said having realized the tremendous contribution of the education fund to the educational well-being of most school children in the country he approached his developmental partners in the UK called Digital Link, who expressed their readiness to help by contributing towards the purchase of the computers.

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He noted that with the new educational reform, which places much emphasis on information technology, the government alone cannot shoulder the burden of having to supply every student with a computer, and called on the private sector to supplement the successful implementation of the policy.

Receiving the items on behalf of the Asantehene, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, Nana Brefo Boateng expressed profound gratitude to the foundation and its development partners and expressed the hope that the gesture would go along way to help in the operations of the fund, adding that the donation was very timely considering a number of requests made to the secretariat by some schools in the region for computers.

Nana Brefo therefore asked other non-governmental organizations to emulate the good works of the foundation by donating generously towards the Education Fund to enable it carry out its objectives of ensuring quality education for all children in the country.