He said teachers were important partners in the implementation of the Government’s flagship Free Senior High School programme, which sought to give every Ghanaian child quality education as a powerful agent of change, social stability and long-term driver of economic growth.
The President said this when he met the leadership of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) at the Jubilee House, Accra.
The Association was there to officially congratulate the President on his reelection and to also inform him about activities lined up for the 90th Anniversary celebration of GNAT, which was launched last March.
President Akufo-Addo thanked the Association for their support in the implementation of the Free SHS policy and commended teachers for their contribution to Ghana’s human resource development.
He lauded the leadership of the GNAT when he was informed that the Association had acquired the Sweden-Ghana Medical Centre for the treatment of cancer of its members and the public, at Ashalley Botwe in the Adentan Municipality, near Accra.
The Association, which said it intended upgrading the Medical Centre with additional facilities and equipment, appealed to the President for a tax waiver when the equipment arrived.
The President described “as a great decision” the move by GNAT to acquire the Sweden-Ghana Medical Centre, and pledged to activate the process for the tax waiver on the arrival of the equipment.
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