The stakeholders noted that the decision to spend such a colossal sum on the new equipment is only a waste of scarce resources which could be channelled into other productive uses.
They are more worried that at a time when government is cash trapped, such an amount would be wasted on a substitute equipment to replace an existing one which was donated, and is being maintained free of charge, by the American government.
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The project was started in four districts including New Juaben, Yilo Krobo, Lower Manya Krobo and Asuogyaman districts.
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The Rockefeller Foundation and the World Bank announced a $3.8 million grant to the Ghanaian government to support the establishment of world class facilities that will attract IT and IT enabled firms, including Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firms to Ghana and creates jobs for Ghanaian youth.
The two-storey facility forms part of government’s drive to achieving the Goal Two of the Millennium Development Goals; of achieving universal primary education.
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The ultra modern state of the art service centre was handed over by the Huawei Technologies Limited to the Ministry of Communications to facilitate the delivery of Government services to citizens under the e-Government programme.
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