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Government has been commended for distributing free uniforms and exercise books to children in deprived schools in the country. The Commendation was made by Mr. Bismark Ayorogo Adongo, President of the Northern Patriots in Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), a civil society organisation, working to promote social equality and justice, on Friday. This was when Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Constituency, Mr. Opam Brown paid a working visit to parts of the Bolgatanga Municipality to know at first hand the state of development there. Mr Adongo said that the organisation was satisfied that the uniforms were equitably distributed, especially in the Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions that received 590,000 uniforms. He said that the free uniform and the free exercise books projects would promote the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education and help in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. The MP visited the Awogeya Primary School and Awogeya Junior High School in the Municipality, where members of NORPRA were assisting students to undertake holiday classes to improve upon education in the area. Mr Brown, who interacted with the students, commended NORPRA for seeking to improve upon education in the area. He advised school children to take advantage of government educational interventions and study hard to enable them to excel in their academic pursuit. The MP said education was a weapon against poverty, diseases and ignorance and debunked the allegation that the disbursement of his MP common fund was based on favouristim. Mr Brown pledged to assist the students to acquire knowledge in Information and Communication Technology. Similar classes were being organized concurrently in the Bongo and Talensi-Nabdam Districts in the Upper West region.