President and Education Minister’s pictures must hang in offices of all headmasters - Adutwum

President and Education Minister’s pictures must hang in offices of all headmasters - Adutwum

- Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum wants pictures of the president in all offices of headmasters

- He made the disclosure in an interview with 3FM

- He believes the move will enhance civic education in schools

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Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, says pictures of the president and the minister in charge of education must be hanged in the offices of all headmasters in the country.

President and Education Minister’s pictures must hang in offices of all headmasters - Adutwum
President and Education Minister’s pictures must hang in offices of all headmasters - Adutwum
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Speaking on ‘The First’ show monitored by YEN.com.gh on 3FM, Dr. Adutwum said that will boost civic education.

“If you go to most public offices, you see the president's picture, the Coat of Arms, civics, it gets you to appreciate the country that you are growing up in as a child…,” he stated.
“It is very important to let them know that the picture they see, one day it will be their picture,” he added.

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Speaking during the April 22 interview, Dr. Adutwum expressed gratitude to the president for the opportunity and the confidence reposed in him.

According to the Bosomtwe lawmaker, the appointment gives him a unique opportunity to transform the country’s education system.

In other news on YEN.com.gh, Bridget Otoo on Wednesday painted a grim picture of President Akufo-Addo’s legacy in the fight against corruption.

Ghana reportedly loses close to US$3billion to corruption annually.

Appearing on Starr FM’s personality profile show, Starr Chat, the former TV3 reporter did not mince words when she expressed dissatisfaction with the president’s commitment to fighting the scourge.

She said in response to a question from the host Nana Aba that the president is “leaving a tattered corruption legacy.”

According to the media personality, when she meets the president, she will reach out and shake his hand “and tell him to sit up. Sit up you are [77] and should leave a better legacy.”

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Already, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi stated that President Nana Akufo-Addo has no credibility in fighting corruption.

“I am afraid to say it is in tatters,” the co-founder and Executive Director of Afrobarometer told Accra-based Citi FM as reported by YEN.com.gh earlier.

According to him, the president’s anti-corruption credibility had been in tatters for a while but the removal of Daniel Domelevo as the Auditor-General “puts a nail in the coffin.”

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Mohammed Awal Mohammed Awal holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies (Journalism) at the Ghana Institute of Journalism. He has worked in print and online media with Ghanaian-based The Chronicle newspaper, Starr FM and US-based online portable, Face2faceAfrica.com. He also had brief stints with Africafeeds.