The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Mr Paul Essien has presented 22,000 pieces of exercise books to students in first and second cycle schools in the Jomoro District.

The beneficiary schools are; the Half-Assini Senior High school (HASCO), which received 8,000 books, Annor Adjaye SHS had 4,000 copies, Ming Daw private SHS at Mpataba and more than 20 selected Junior High Schools in the District also benefitted from the package.

Making the symbolic presentation at the Half-Assini Senior High School in the Western Region, Mr Essien said the donation was in line with government's policy to ensure good quality education delivery by making it affordable to the ordinary Ghanaian.

The lawmaker said the donation also formed part of his manifesto in the run-up to the 2016 general elections that "if Nana Akufo-Addo won the election, I would also add free exercise books to support his educational policy".

Touching on the free SHS policy, Mr Essien observed how laudable it was and asked Ghanaians to embrace it as it would indirectly put money into the pockets of parents and bring hope to many households.

For his part, the headmaster of ANASS, Mr Cobbinah Amoah who received the books on behalf of the other schools, thanked the MP for the gesture and appealed to the students to learn to be responsible citizens in future.