NPP donates to Kukurantumi Presby school

daniel russell

July 17, 2015 1:41 PM

Wife of the Vice President, blatantly denied an appeal from the headmistress of the school to provide them with basic inputs like chalk and log books.

Second Lady Matilda Amissah-Arthur

Representatives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Eastern region have donated boxes of chalk to the Kukurantumi Presby primary school.

The donation came in the wake of the controversy surrounding comments made by the Second Lady, Matilda Amissah-Arthur that parents’ over-reliance on government had “spoilt” them, making some reluctant to provide for their children.

Mrs Amissah-Arthur’s outburst followed a request made by the headmistress of the school, Juliet Oppong that the government should among other things, provide the school with chalks after the second lady presented five sets of computers to them.

The second lady proceeded to chastise the headmistress in the presence of the chiefs and people of the area who had gathered for the ceremony.

“I think we have over pampered you people. Because we have provided free school uniforms so parents don’t even want to buy basic things for their children…I will not give you chalk today, neither will I give it to you tomorrow. You have teachers; you have the PTA, go and buy chalk for the school,” she fumed.

Reports suggest that the NPP executives who were infuriated by the remarks, went to the school on Friday morning and made their chalk donation.

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