Former President, John Dramani Mahama has called for a stakeholders conference to address challenges associated with the implementation of the free Senior High School(SHS) policy.
He said the current implementation if not properly handled could derail the entire purpose of the free SHS programme.
“It will do the government good, if we have a stakeholders conference and agree on the pace of implementation to free funds for other important projects like the ‘one district one factory and the one village one dam programmes,” he said.
He accused the government of pushing all available resources into funding the free SHS programme to the extent that government now had no funds for the District Assemblies common fund, National Health Insurance Scheme, GETFUND and other statutory payments.
Former President Mahama said the strategy adopted in the implementation of the free SHS programme had raised issues of inadequate dormitories to house the students, classrooms, textbooks laboratories, dining halls and other facilities for effective teaching and learning.
The former President made these statements when he addressed the party faithful at the Sixth National Democratic Congress (NDC) unity walk at Somanya in the Eastern Region.
The 16-kilometre walk started from Kpong Junction, through the principal streets of Agormenya, Odumase and ended at the Somanya lorry park.
The walk drew thousands of party faithful across the length and breadth of the Eastern Region as well as some leading members of the party.
He said his pronouncement about the Free SHS was not from a partisan interest, but in the interest of the programme and the country.
Former President Mahama explained that the NDC strongly agree with the Free SHS concept, but disagrees on its implementation strategy.
He called for the review of the strategy for implementation to give the opportunity to families that could afford to pay for their wards, while students from homes that could not afford to pay were given bursaries to ensure long term sustainability of the programme .
Source: GNA
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A DOG WHO WANTS TO SELL MEAT.IS IT POSSIBLE PAAPA WE KNOW U AREADY SO DON'T WORRY KORAA.
You sent people to senchi including Akua Donkor for broader consultation on the economy wanting credibility from the IMF. Nothing came out of it but debts and corruption was what we witnessed.
You are now calling for stakeholder conference so that you can enjoy some sitting allowance and drink tea.... Put whatever improvement you want in the free SHS policy into your NDC party manifesto for the 2020 elections..... NDC will scrap the free SHS when they come back to power as you did to teacher trainees allowances.... Nobody will call any stakeholder conference on free SHS. What did you do to the Senchi stakeholder conference when you were president? John Ford Mahama get lost...hypocrate
comic release ....... if the EX-president wants to study and understand free shs, then he should go for tutorials from the minister for education and the NPP.. he is welcome ...but when he is asked to speak we don't want to hear odwanfu.
Mr Former President when you held your economic forum at Senchi, you beg the NPP members to attend and contribute.At the end of the day, the report from Senchi died with P.V Obeng.Where are your men who will make the contribution to make the free SHS successful? if you have the men why don't you start the free SHS? If you want advice Akufo Addo as former President why don't you approach him silently because you have access to him? Your ulterior motives are now clear.
John Mahama we ordinary Ghanaian's will not need your input if you have anything put it in your manifesto. After all what you know do best is to insult Ghanaians that they have short memory. We will consult Mrs Rawlings instead of You. Long Live Prez. Akuffo Addo and Long Live FREE SHS.
So John knows better, massa keep your abomination speech
my friend 8 years in office what did you do, massa commot 4 dia koraaa, we don't need any kusieee advice from ur maggot brains, you think say dis be etwedieee for here, take ur advice somewhere, you just don't how some of us a ready to slaughter you alive, chopping Ghana's money to Dubai to buy expensive hotels, u have guts to tell us what to do, are u kidding me. get lost b4 I scratched my balls on ur dammn face. kontronfffi man like you.
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