The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has reaffirmed the government’s resolve to continue projects started by previous administrations if they provide value for money and support national development.
He made this known at the commissioning of a 160-bed dormitory and a 24-unit girls’ sanitary facility at Bimbilla Senior High School in the Northern Region on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
The previous government began the project in partnership with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). President John Dramani Mahama’s administration completed and inaugurated it. Students and staff celebrated the new facilities, describing them as a timely solution to their accommodation problems.
Mr. Iddrisu praised the former administration for its initiative and urged continuity in governance. “I will be the first to acknowledge the initiatives of the previous government and to assure you that President John Dramani Mahama, under his resetting agenda, will continue with worthy, viable initiatives of the previous government,” he said. “If it supports Ghana’s development, especially in building manpower, President Mahama will continue it.”
He also cautioned that the government would review projects that fail to deliver value for money. The minister criticised the neglect of several GETFund projects in the past, calling it wasteful and unfair to taxpayers.
“We will not behave like them, when a number of GETFund projects were left to rot,” he said. “Such actions deny taxpayers value for their money.”
