Elizabeth Ohene denies 'One Laptop' corruption charges

Former Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education in the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Ms. Elizabeth Ohene has denied allegations of corruption leveled against her in the on-going controversy on the One Laptop per Child project.

The allegation leveled against Ms. Ohene by the Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency, Ben Adu Asare was to the effect that the former minister made underhand dealings when the project was set up with a committee that she was a member. The Member of Parliament made the allegations on ASEMPA FM's current affairs programme, “EKOSII SEN” on issues that bothered on the economy which prompted an angry Ms. Ohene to call into the program to refute the allegations.

Ms. Elizabeth Ohene said in the era of reviewing of the previous government's policies and projects, the current administration can go ahead and scrutinize the one laptop per child project because it has no shred of secrecy and dared anyone to visit the Ministry of Education to ascertain the truth.

There have been recent allegations of impropriety in the payment for one thousand pieces of laptops ordered for school children during President Kufuor's regime which have been cleared at the Tema Port by the current administration.

Story by Kwadwo Asare-Baffour
Asempa FM