The Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, has lifted the mood at schools in the metropolis with the donation of one thousand pieces of dual desks.

At a short ceremony on the compound of Aggrey Road Junior High School, Mr Ahenkorah handed out the gift to the Tema Metro Director of Education, Mrs Bernice Ofori, amidst enthusiastic cheers from teachers and pupils alike.

The donation of the desks was made to the Tema West Directorate of Education to be distributed to schools in the Tema metropolis.

“This is a token to the schools of Tema West in fulfilment of the pledge to assist with 4,000 dual desks,” Carlos Ahenkorah said as he handed over the desks.

Later in an interview with the Media, the MP,  who is also a  and Deputy Trade Minister said the donation was in the name of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

“Yes, this donation was on behalf of the President because the over-all vision for education, under which this donation was made is that of President Akufo-Addo,” he said.

According to him, the donation will help alleviate the inadequacy of desks in Tema West schools and reiterated the government’s commitment to education and the determination of President Akufo-Addo to see through transformational programmes like Free SHS.

Comprehensive Sexuality Education

The Tema West MP also dispelled reports that the government was introducing a sex education programme that would goad pupils in Ghanaian Basic schools into homosexuality and lesbianism.

“There is no way we will ever do that, the President has made it clear that only the Ghanaian people can decide what sexuality will be tolerated and the Ghanaian people have made it clear that homosexuality is frowned on by our culture and so it cannot be true that we are trying to do this with the Comprehensive Sexual Education programme.”

In attendance at the donation was the Tema West Constituency, Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dennis Amfo-Sefah.

Mr Amfo-Sefah said it was an attempt to create an impression that government wanted to turn Ghanaian pupils into gay.