The Five-Year Ghana Programme on the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) is expected to end this month.

A statement issued in Accra yesterday by Major Albert B. Don-Chebe (Rtd), Director of Communication, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) and copied to Ghana News Agency said an itinerary drawn will begin on Tuesday, February 7 and Wednesday, February 15 with the inauguration of the 14.1 kilometre Tetteh Quarshie Mallam project at Apenkwa in Accra.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor yesterday appealed to politicians and political parties to eschew partisanship on matters that affect national development.

“Let us put partisanship aside when it comes to crucial matters,” he said.

President Kufuor made the appeal when inaugurating the Abossey Okai Cluster of Schools Rehabilitation Project in Accra.

The former President is also President of the Alliance for Africa Foundation, an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), which financed the project.

He said whilst government tackles developmental projects, the involvement of civil society is needed, to accelerate national development.

“We did this work to promote equality of education to all children in Ghana and not for political gain,” he said.

President Kufuor said a crucial area of national development that needs attention is education, adding that increased literacy promotes development.

"Enriching the quality of human resource begins with ensuring that one has adequate education to build him for the future. A child without sound education is permanently damaged for life”.

He urged the school authorities to ensure that the facility is well maintained, to ensure that the education of children within the area  is well catered for.

Mrs Elizabeth Afosah-Anim, Greater Accra Regional Director of Education, said modern facilities and infrastructure  are needed for efficient and effective teaching and learning.

She urged parents to desist from disrupting studies of their children, since the available opportunity is to study and secure better future as adults.

Mr Theophilus Tettey Chaie, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, expressed appreciation to former President Kufuor for the initiative in an area that is a business community with low educational standards.

“I assure President Kufuor that we will endeavour to maintain this project,” he said.

The School comprises a kindergarten, primary and Junior Secondary School and has a student population of 600 students.

The project included strengthening of dilapidated classroom blocks, a fence wall and painting.

Source: GNA