The Ghana National Service Scheme has handed over 10, 000 bags of maize to Senior High Schools in the Ashanti and Bono-Ahafo Regions.The ceremony to hand over the bags of maize took place in Ejura where the Minister of Education; Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Education; Mr. Enoch Cobbinah, the out-going Ashanti Regional Minister; Mr. Samuel Sarpong and the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme; Mr. Vincent Senam Kuagbenu addressed a colorful ceremony and handed over the maize to the Heads of Senior High Schools from the two Regions.In a welcome address Mr. 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.Mr. Kuagbenu described it as 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.The Minister of Education, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman commended the National Service Scheme for bringing such a relief to Senior High Schools. She expressed the readiness of her outfit to collaborate with management of the Scheme in several areas, where they can aid the development process. She said the Scheme has amply demonstrated that when given the necessary resources it will make significant achievements and assured her willingness to assist the Scheme with needed resources.The Ashanti Regional President of CHASS, Rev. Collins Oppong- Anokye who spoke on-behalf of his colleague heads of Senior High Schools expressed gratitude to the Scheme for the gesture gesture.Rev. Oppong-Anokye noted, the gesture taken a huge burden off the shoulders of the management of the Schools since they will no longer have to buy the produce from the open markets often at an exorbitant prices.