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Thank God. I'm Brena. I'm a research assistant to Mr. Yamua.

We are investigating on a topic as part of his Ph.D. program, unfinished agenda and missed
opportunities. Assessing abandoned government educational projects and their implications
for achieving sustainable development goals such as quality education in Ghana. Why do
you say it is an unfinished agenda? It is an unfinished agenda because there are people who
say that the government has failed.

The government has failed. The government has failed. It has failed.

And there are missed opportunities in the sense that the government has failed. Honestly,
there is no quality education ever in Yemen. In party education, I say we train the mind of
the individual party.

There is no education training a person, a person receiving education, from head to toe. The
person should be able to use the hand every part of the body together with the mind. There
is no quality education that a person is able to use every part of the body.

He is well prepared wherever you place that child in the society. The person should be able
to function and function effectively. This is what I am saying.

By 2030, there will be no quality education. This is what I am saying. The system of the
government is not good.

We are in a time when we have to leave the system. New people will come and then climb
seats. But Nkwara Yowani said, you don't prepare them well.

And Ibinuswa Fwa Kumbia, Omumu, Eha. And Ibinuswa, they are not genuine, they are not
truthful. Government may hear, but unless you warn on the persons, before supervision and
so on, but it shouldn't be.

It shouldn't be. And so when the teacher is being framed, you expect the teacher to exhibit
certain characteristics, but who will say otherwise? Because otherwise, you say, Ibinuswa
Fwa Kumbia, Omumu, Eha. But, it shouldn't be.

It shouldn't be. Ibinuswa says, Does the content of the Sustainable Development Goals
suggest something to you regarding development? The Sustainable Development Goals,
What kind of development do you expect to see? I say, it started from someone who said,
We need to be real. Some of us are pretending to be working, when in actual fact, we are
not doing the work.

We are pretending to be working, but in reality, we are not doing the work. The government
has put so much money in the training of teachers. I have come from a practical experience.
But when I say, Omumu, it's like, I don't know how to say it, I don't know how to say it, but
the concept is that the teacher can in turn pass it on to the child. Let the directorate
organize, take the person through, but still, the course are training the woman. You have
failed the right people right now.

I have a question, Ibinuswa says, and it is not tilted towards positive. Most of them tilted
negative. I have a question, when you say, I don't know how to say it, in a mass world, for
ourselves, we practice.

When we practice, we have to be the head of the school, we have to be the head of the
school, to be the head of the school. To be the head of the school. Okay.

This is a question. The question is, prevalence or extent of abandoned government

In Ghana, we have education programs such as labs, libraries, classrooms, dormitories, road
construction, the educational sector, schools, science resource centres, teachers'
bungalows. Can you tell us a little bit about what you do here in Ghana? I'm a singer. I'm a
singer.

Everybody has access to them. We are grassroots people. We are grassroots people.

But elsewhere, I feel bad. But elsewhere, I feel bad. But these days, I'm still a part of the
education sector.

I'm still a part of the education sector. I was speaking to school teachers when I saw the
school. I was speaking to school teachers I told the teacher that I was done.

I told the teacher that But this time I'm going to try and say... I'm going to say about the MP.
Afra, I'm going to say about the person I'm going to vote for. Because I feel that the people
who are voting for you should be able to vote for the ASTATHI EUC.

I would like to say that one of the first projects that was abandoned was in 2004. This
project was abandoned over 10 years ago. This project was abandoned over 2 years ago.

This is an average of perception. This project was abandoned. This project was abandoned
over 10 years ago.

This project was abandoned over 10 years ago. Ok, let me ask you something. This is the
first project you had to do with the education fund, but it was abandoned.

This was the last project to be abandoned. But how was it abandoned? Yes, it's varied. But
for me, the most important thing is the foundation.

The most important thing for me is to be able to learn. The most important thing for me is
to be able to learn. So, they abandoned the Christian projects in your district or in other
areas? Yes, they abandoned the Christian projects in my district.
But for me, they abandoned it because it was at the foundational level, the structural level.
In Ghana, your educational structure, your nursery, your KGO, primary, DHS, SS, tertiary, In
Ghana, your educational structure, your nursery, your KGO, primary, DHS, SS, tertiary, But
the structure of the KGO is different. At first, the KGO wasn't part of it.

Later, it became part of the system. So, I have to structure it. And most schools, what we
need to do is to educate them.

It's a foundational class. So, we must give them the best. Because if the foundation is good,
the structure will be good, solid.

It's the same education. Sometime ago, I believe that the KGO wasn't part of the system. Is
it primary, DHS, SS, or tertiary? I would say it's tertiary level.

Because normally, a community, someone in school, if they want to start something, self-
help projects, then that somebody will come and help them put up the structure. It's when
they get to know, know who they are, and who to use. And when they start, they will be
able to use the projects.

But secondary school, if they want to start, they will be able to do so. If you are boys'
dormitory, you must start. But primary in the day, the structure normally, L-shaped, is easy
to put up.

But community is not easy to put up. So I'm a little bit, I know that there are people who
want to small their school, because they want to educate, so they have crews. So I know
what to do.

Because it's tough for me. I know there are people who really want to go to school. I know
there are people who really want to go to school.

We are not going to do that. We are going to do what we think is right. We are not going to
give up.

We are going to put up a structure. Because we are not going to give up. We are going to do
what we think is right.

We are going to ask the government to do what we think is right. Our community is going to
make sure they support us. So, will you say that many educational projects are rather
completed by all the governments that come, from Adams, any government that comes, are
they able to complete educational projects, abandoned ones? Some of them, they don't
touch it at all, so they leave the scene, but we, people started complaining about
abandoned projects, especially Mohammed's Yiblock, you see, we were here when they
came round, trying to find out if we have abandoned, not Yiblock, but abandoned projects,
so we did it for them, and then, those, they could, they did it, but any government we have,
those who could do something about it, did it.

So we are now going to, factors that cause abandonment of educational projects, you will
one or two, then we discuss what we have here. Sometimes, government is starting, we're
voting out of power. Changing government.
Abandoned also. And abolishing fines. Okay.

Sometimes, you see, if you don't use the stakeholders, you must explain to them what you
are doing, bring all the stakeholders together, when you do that, they will make sure, they
will follow it and make sure. But they don't understand what you are doing. So, can you
explain how the following may lead to educational project abandonment, misallocation of
funds? Papa, you are supposed to use funds raised for a particular project, then you decide
to, instead of investing the money in the proposed project, you decide to invest it in another
project, then what do you expect? Misappropriation.

Misappropriation. So, when that happens, what happens? Do they later come back to the
project or? Then you have to forget. Forget, okay.

Then corruption. Papa. Corruption.

We are not genuine, as I said, if we are not truthful. Okay. If you don't get people who has
the heart, that is why I said we train their heart as well.

Okay. Love for the country. Okay.

What do you think will happen? Papa, you say I am using 10 cities, you are supposed to use
10 cities in doing something but he will tell you it is 100 cities. Yes, yes, yes. Without shame,
without fear.

So, corruption is also a big issue, very big issue and I don't know how you are going to
resolve it but it looks as if everybody, everybody does so. Okay. So, if you don't do it, they
see you as what? Awkward.

Awkward. So, we say what we call clientelism. Oh, this person made this for me.

So, you are also going to do something. Maybe you have seen something good in this
person. You say, oh, no, no, no, no, give it to this person, he made mine for me.

Or sometimes, oh, I don't know what party he is going to have. And now he says he is going
to help me. And now he is going to give me a contract.

That is the issue. That one, it depends. Thank God, one person cannot take decision.

Okay. It has to be done by management. Okay.

So, if you want it worse, you have to use management. Management. But what I saw,
realizing that sometimes they also may have their vested interests.

Interests, yes. So, before you sit down and engage them, you must also do background
checks. Checks.

Before you sit down with them. So, it is difficult. Okay.

Very difficult. Opinion leaders in the community that tragedy, the chiefs, the assemblymen,
also in Ghana, not here, in Ghana, also contributed to project abandonment or failure. Did
they contribute? Generally, if you do not involve them, if they are not happy about you, you
can go on down to ensure that the vision is not compromised.

So, that is general. That is what I have seen. They will make sure they have the capacity to
halt it.

What they will say will even make people fight you. So, if you want to succeed, that is why I
say if you want to succeed, let them know. Let them understand certain things and make
sure that you are clean.

Let them know that you do not want to touch. But they should help you if the project is able
to work. If you are successful, then it will benefit everyone.

So, if you explain things to them, for them to understand, with that one day they will. If they
do not understand you, if they do not know what you are doing, and if they are not happy
about your ways, the same people, even if you are doing something, they will make sure
that everything comes to an abrupt end. So, Mami, what about the skills or the behaviour of
the contractors? They themselves, maybe if money is there, land is there, resources are
there, their behaviour, does it also lead to project abandonment? It depends.

It depends. Some of them are positive. We cannot all behave the same way.

Some are positive. But those who are negative, yes. Yes, you gave me part of the money for
the contract.

Maybe that amount received can do a lot. It can even complete the project. But because
you didn't give him 100%, he also won't do it.

So, it depends on individual and their principles. So, we have a number of factors that
contribute to the abandonment of projects. But to you, what is the number one cause of
education project abandonment? The first one.

That is the funding. The first hours of April. Okay.

I will look at it. So, that is your number one. Funding changes in government.

Okay. Who are the major players that will have to be blamed for government educational
projects in Ghana? In Ghana, who will be blamed for projects abandonment? Is it the chiefs?
Is it politicians? Is it the district or municipal management? Is it the education office
management? Which are the key players? Papa, sometimes we hear projects may be going
on without you knowing that the project is going on. So, it will be difficult for you to say that
blame A, blame B, blame C. But I will say that if we have roots, we have policies, we have
ways of what going about.

So, if we begin and follow the procedures and processes religiously, we will be able to get
whatever we want. But because somebody has vested interests and he wants to satisfy his
desires, he will not use the process. But he will tilt the log in order to have his own when
that happens.
Okay. So, let's take it one by one. Elsewhere, how can behavior of politicians lead to project
failure or abandonment? Hmm.

As for the politician, he has his interests. Genuinely, we need a school in a particular area.
You could see that enrollment is what's high there.

They don't have classrooms. Teaching and learning is being affected. But maybe that area,
they don't vote for that government.

So, he will turn a deaf ear. No matter how madmanish you make him, he will not mind. But
he will send it to the area that they vote for them.

Meanwhile, they may not be in need of the project. Even if they are in need of it, during the
scale of preference, maybe the first one might be on the top of the scale. But he wouldn't
look at that.

Okay. But he will send it to the area where he gets votes. Okay.

So, opinion leaders, how can... I would say all of us must be true. Okay. All of us must be
genuine.

Opinion leaders, they have their interests. But where they are one, they can make sure they
follow. If there is a need for them to go to assembly, they will go to assembly.

And then before you realize it is done. If there is a need for them to go to even Accra,
sometimes they take pictures. They will come to you to write letters for them.

They will tell you that, oh, don't worry, we'll take the letter ourselves. We're going to
present it to the minister in person. They will do it and before you can say, hey, Jack.

Okay. Progress. But somebody might also say, oh, wait.

So, it depends. Now, community members. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Honestly. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.