Photo caption: Chief of Staff to the Office of the Ghanaian President, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare (right), receiving the US$3m Education Infrastructure grant for Primary Schools Development to the Ghanaian Government from the MD/CEO, ASR Africa, Ubon Udoh (left), while other senior government and ASR Africa officials look on recently.
The Ghanaian Government, through its Ministry of Education, has been awarded a $3m education infrastructure support grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) to be drawn from its annual $100m Africa Fund for Social Development and Renewal.
Speaking during the presentation of the letter of award to the Ghanaian Government at the Jubilee House in Accra, recently, Udoh Ubon, Managing Director of ASR Africa commended the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo for his sincere commitment to developing the educational system at all levels in Ghana.
According to Ubon, this award was significant because Ghana is also the first African country beneficiary of an ASR Africa grant after Nigeria, noting that the initiative was founded industrialist and philanthropist, Abdul Samad Rabiu, to give back to the African continent, while promoting sustainable health care, education and social development.
“Whilst reviewing potential national beneficiaries for the African aspect of the grant, we were encouraged by the strides made by the Ghanaian government in Education. We believe this $3m ASR Africa education infrastructure grant will go a long way in supporting the eradication of “schools under trees” across the country whilst developing primary education infrastructureacross the country.
Receiving the ASR Africa delegation on behalf of the Government, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Chief of Staff in the Office of the President, appreciated the grant. According to her, the President Nana Akufo-Addo administration is committed to improving the quality of education and educational infrastructure across the country and this grant is a welcome development which would accelerate the work already being done.
She further assured that the government will work together with ASR Africa based on the agreed Mutual Accountability Framework to come up with aprogramme to build several primary schools across Ghana under the grant.
Responding, Udoh said “Abdul Samad Rabiu and ASR Africa will remain an active partner in solving developmental issues across the continent. Ghana is just the start and more African countries are set to benefit this year.”
The brainchild of African Industrialist, Philanthropist and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) was established in 2021 to provide sustainable, impact-based homegrown solutions to developmental issues affecting Health, Education and Social Development within Africa.
