SONA 2026: Gov’t to build 600 new basic schools to end ‘schools under trees’ – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the government will construct 600 new basic school facilities across Ghana as part of efforts to eliminate the “schools under trees” phenomenon. Delivering the 2026 State of the Nation Address in Parliament, he revealed that the intervention will include the construction of 200 kindergarten blocks, 200 primary school […]


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