{"id":5914,"date":"2022-05-31T01:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T01:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/2022\/05\/31\/world-bank-to-brief-parliament-education-committee-on-1-2m-scandal-today\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T01:12:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T01:12:01","slug":"world-bank-to-brief-parliament-education-committee-on-1-2m-scandal-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=5914","title":{"rendered":"World Bank to Brief Parliament Education Committee on $1.2M Scandal today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Senior Staff of the World Bank office in Accra will today, May 31, appear before the Education Committee to brief them on the USD 1.2 Million World Bank GALOP Saga<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum and his staff would also be haul before the committee over the scandal which has shaped the nation at the international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also expected to appear before the Education Committee is the Director General of the Ghana Education Services, the institution hardly hit by the scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information <strong><em>EXPRESSNEWSGHANA,<\/em><\/strong> gathered indicated that the former Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku is expected to also appear before the committee to tell his side of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_20220526-214627.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_20220526-214627.png 714w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_20220526-214627-600x421.png 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_20220526-214627-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Parliament of Ghana<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Ranking of the Education Committee Dr Clement Apaak who has been forefront to fight for accountability in the the $1.2 million said, the World Bank, the donor of the fund is key and it&#8217;s appearance will give insider details of the entire scandal which sought to deprive the nation of the needed resources for education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He took to his Facebook and said, &#8221; The committee on Education has summoned; the Minister for Education, Schedule Officer, Director General of GES, and the former Minister for Education to attend the committee on Tuesday, May 31st. 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