The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has described the claim by former President John Dramani Mahama that the nationwide roll-out of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme is causing hardships as untenable and not supported by the facts.
Dr. Bawumia noted the hardships and suffering of Ghanaians during the tenure of the former president and pointed out that “even without Free SHS, the Mahama government cancelled teacher training allowances, cancelled nursing training allowances, cancelled import duty waivers for health professionals, and increased taxes on every conceivable good including bicycles, condoms, ambulances and cutlasses. You brought the NHIS to its knees and returned health care to a cash and carry system. You failed to provide employment for thousands of qualified graduates”.
Speaking at a rally organised by the youth wing of the governing NPP at Obo Kwahu in the Eastern Region as part of activities marking this year’s Easter festivities on Saturday, 20 April 2019, Dr. Bawumia noted that notwithstanding the implementation of free SHS the government has implemented a large number of broad socially inclusive policies which the former president was unable to deliver because of the poor management of the economy under his watch.
Despite Free SHS, the Government of Nana Akufo-Addo has been able to:
• Reduce electricity tariffs for households and industries
• Restore teacher training allowances
• Restore nursing training allowances
• Expand LEAP
• Expand School Feeding
• Abolish or reduce 17 taxes
• Reduce import duties
• Provide jobs for over 350,000 people in the public sector
• Provide jobs for 100,000 graduates under the Nation Builders Corps
• Double the capitation grant to basic schools
• Increase the proportion of the DACF paid to persons with disabilities by 50%
• One village one dam is on course
• One district one factory is on course
• One constituency one ambulance is on course
• Etc.
“We have been able to implement all of these policies and programmes and still implement Free SHS, because we have managed the economy better. The issue is therefore not Free SHS but the competence in managing the economy which allows for the implementation of forward-looking programmes and policies” Vice President Bawumia declared.
Vce President Bawumia had earlier taken part in a massively attended health walk organised by the youth wing of the party, led by Henry Nana Boakye.
Other speakers at the rally included the National Organiser of the NPP, Sammy Awuku; National Youth Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye; Eastern Region Minister and MP for Nkawkaw, Hon Eric Kwakye Darfuor; Minister of State at the Ministry of National Security and MP for Abetifi, Hon Brian Acheampong; Deputy Minister of Finance and MP for Atiwa East, Hon Abena Osei Asare; Deputy Minister for Works and Housing and MP for Cape Coast North, Hon Barbara Asher Ayisi; Eastern Region NPP Chairman Kingston Akomeng Kissi; Eastern Region Secretary Jeff Konadu, and other senior party officials.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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IS HE EVEN THE PRESEDENT? EMPTY BARRELS, THEY SAY, MAKE THE MOST NOISE
Anytime Bawumia speaks NDC lose 5,000 votes
Restoring of allowances you are not even paying is not an achievement. I guess scraping it is also an achieving because its a matter of saying pay and don't pay
Honestly, I am not a fan of JM, but I think Dr. Bawumia should desist from attacking him at every opportunity he gets. You are now in power and must be able to tolerate all views and stomach them. If you know you cant stomach criticism then you have no business being the vice president. The days of you being in opposition are gone now you are in power and you must know and adapt to it. Besides JM is in opposition so allow them to talk, after all we will decide on the day of election
Kudos with Education. Move on to Ghana Fire Service, the most ***barred word*** institution in Ghana so far. Why do they come crying always there is a fire that they cannot find their hydrants? Who owns the hydrants? They mean they cannot work with the people to ensure that the hydrants are not covered? They mean they cannot fence the hydrants and keep people away from them. What a ***barred word***, inefficient, lazy way of explaining this off inefficiency. Anytime there is a fire, we cannot find our hydrants. Can you imagine that there is an issue and the military comes crying that they cannot find their weapons. What a country and we are satisfied?
Laughable! I guess his party members are still clapping for his *mediocre* and infantile political comments.
The problem with us is, we want everything for free. The truth of the matter is, nothing comes for free in this world. For things to get better, we need to change our corrupt attitudes and contribute to the development of our nation. You go to hospitals, schools and the rest and you will see nurses, teachers on their phones chatting during working hours instead of working. But at the end of the day, cry out for salary increment.We love to take from the nation all the time.
JDM is the most use.less candidate NDC can put up at this time. The man is corrupt, he was vice and became president, yet Ghana was in a very bad state when he exited. Why bring him back? I pity the gurus in the umbrella family.
In fact Dr.Bawumiah is a thorn in the bdc flesh. Just look at the insults. Everything the veep said is very true. The man is too intelligent. A real Ghanaian asset. Nana Akufo Addo deserves all the credit in finding Dr.Bawumia. He is disgracing Ndc everyday. I laugh enter the sea. Ndc is forked. Nothing to offer.