Former President John Mahama, campaigning to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 election, says the party will not abolish the free senior high school (SHS) policy if given the mandate to govern.
He said it was not true as being claimed by some people that he “is against the policy”.
What he disagreed with — found completely unacceptable was the double track system.
“I know the benefits of education to the fortunes of development and so NDC will provide the necessary infrastructure to accommodate all students at once.”
Provision of infrastructure
The former President said his party started the Free SHS programme with day students and was working gradually to provide the required infrastructure to accommodate the students and could, therefore, not kick against it.
He was addressing members of the NDC in Koforidua as part of his five-day tour of the Eastern Region to woo delegates to vote for him during the upcoming presidential primary.
Mr Mahama warned that the double track arrangement under the free SHS could destroy the quality of the country’s education.
He told the gathering to ignore what he said were unfounded allegations that he owned a hotel in Dubai and had other huge investments abroad.
Again, the government he led, never issued the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, with a diplomatic passport.
Neither does he or his wife own any investments in the troubled gold trading company.
Wresting power from NPP
Mr Mahama, who is in the race for the NDC presidential ticket with six others, asked the delegates to give their votes to him.
He said he would bring victory to the party in 2020 and that Ghanaians “have regretted” the mistake of voting for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He pledged to work with everybody, including the other contestants if elected by the delegates.
“Whoever emerges the winner, we should all support him to wrest power from the NPP.”
Source: GNA
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Infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure where are they. Making so much noise on your inflated infrastructure projects yet we are not seeing them . You borrowed about 89 billion Ghana cedi yet nothing to show forth. You left contractors and most service providers unpaid. Heartless conman
Ah Mahama say what you will do differently and stop the copy copy. You're just saying it with your mouth but you know within you that your heart is saying a different thing. You will surely collapse it that's why we are careful about you. Conman
FIRE BURN YOU MAHAMA. FREE SHS IS A NO GO AREA NOW SO NOW YOU WANT TO PLAY BALL. WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN NOTE OF YOUR ASPERSIONS AGAINST THE PROJECT SO YOU WILL NOT GET THE VOTES. PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW YOUR POSITION AND THAT OFVYOUR PARTY SO FORGET IT.
You are the worst thing that ever happened to this country. Your tenure could be best be described as CANCEROUS..........you are a destroyer!!! Ghana's problems all started under your watch. You erased all the gains of Prof. Mills just to win the 2012 elections. And because of your dead head, you couldn't do anything positive for this country afterwards. Shaaaaaame on you!!!
JM is completely confused. He is just like a drowning man, clutching onto everything including straw. Just stay home and we take care of him, even after the mess he caused too he wont. What kind of womb conceived him?
You have no choice but to continue because it constitutional mandate,
Mr destroyer, you think Ghanaians are fooools so you can play with their intelligence, forget. Look at the way you destroyed the environment through galamsay and now that the rivers are getting better under good government you say what? God would never allow His children to suffer again under ndc criminaaals. Tell Ghanaians what killed mills, you are dangerous to Ghana democracy, what do you want from Ghanaians again mr forrd?
This man never listens to himself when talking and i dont blame him. His dealer is messing him up. He some times adds pepper to that stuff. If you love mahama pls report whoever is supplying him that stuff to the nearest police station.
This why Jerry Rawlings said you should listen to yourself when you speak. It seems this thing called John mahama doesn't listen to himself at all. Today this, tomorrow that.. you need some slaps to think properly.
Agro wo waniso. Have you forgotten in 2008 because you were desperately wanted power you promised one term premium for NHIS. The promised you did not believe and walk out of parliament when it was passed. Because it was not your ideal, you could not fulfil this simple policy where people pay to renew it. You collapsed it and left a debt of 1.2m cedis debt after 8 years. How can you same person after 4 years you are telling Ghanaians that you will review the free SHS. You could not managed the policy that subscribers were paying to renew how can you manage a policy that is free. You did about 20 adverts against the FREE SHS when you were in power. Ghanaians are not FOOOOOLLLLS and do not have short memories as you once said.