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Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says it is in the right direction for government to use a part of the oil money to fund the free SHS education.

The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of using oil cash to fund the free Senior High School (SHS) education, instead of investing the money in infrastructure projects following the presentation of the 2018 annual report on the Petroleum Fund and the 2018 Reconciliation Report on the Petroleum Holding Fund by the Finance Committee.

But the Majority refuted this claim insisting that education is the best investment.

Speaking to this in an interview on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', the Information Minister agrees the minority has no case.

According to him, investing in education to safeguard the future of 'our children' is indeed the right investment.

"No law stops government from using our oil money to fund free SHS . . . government wants every child to benefit from the oil cash, we also believe the best legacy or property to give children is education. This will help them become an important human resource and contribute their quota to the development of the nation. That is why government has decided to use part of the money in funding the free SHS programme . . . I disagree with the minority," he indicated.





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