Former President John Mahama has criticized the Akufo-Addo government over what he says is the ‘botched’ implementation of Free SHS policy.
According to him the Free SHS Policy is good but the implementation is absolutely poor.
He said governance is about ” planning and common sense” hence the ruling NPP should have first provided the infrastructure to accommodate the exponential students population before carrying out the programme.
Addressing delegates at Akyem Tafo in Abuakwa North in the Eastern region, Mr. Mahama stressed that NDC will complete 200 community Day SHS and abolish the double track system.
President Mahama has maintained he’ll review the Akufo-Addo government’s Free SHS policy , if elected President in December 2020.
The policy, according to him is taking a nose-dive because government failed to assemble experts and stakeholders for a national conference on education to deliberate on the policy.
President John Dramani Mahama is currently on a 5-day campaign tour of the Eastern Region where he’s meeting delegates in various constituencies ahead of the party’s Presidential primaries.
Source: kasapafmonline
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John give us a break! Did you apply common sense and planning while in office? Mind your utterances because for some of us they’re insulting. You failed miserably in all you tried to do except taking loans and inflating contracts for your cut. Please lend us our ears. If NDC thinks you’re the man to deliver victory let them bring it on. 2020 isn’t far. Be careful you don’t end up in an hospital.
J MAHAMA WHERE IS YOUR OWN COMMON SENSE TO GOVERN, WHEN YOU ARE IN POWER, GHANAIANS WILL NOT GIVE YOU GHANA TODAY OR TOMORROW, FIND ANOTHER JOB TO DO AND FORGET ABOUT YOU COMING BACK. COMING BACK TO DO WHAT GUINEA FOWL GONE TO BURKINA FASO, ASOFOTON, NO ELECTRICITY FOR GHANAIANS ETC AGAIN. COME ON TAKE YOUR NON-SEN-SE AWAY FROM GHANAIANS
You are very shameful Mahama. So desperate to come back that you have lost a common sense to think
...SO MAHAMA DOESN'T NOT HAVE THE COMMON SENSE TO KNOW HE LACKS COMMON SENSE!!! HAHAHAAAAHHHHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAA, I LAUGH AAAA ENTER ODAW RIVER AT CIRCLE
clearly you never did have any fcking common sense KWassiaaaaa I hope you have heart attack and die. ***barred word*** ***barred word***
Mr former President talking about common sense is making you laughingstock amongst Ghanaians.Even to collate data to plan the economy your common sense did not tell. I am really sorry for you.
Mahama's attempt to make a comeback is getting more pathetic each day. someone should advise him to just sit back and save whatever modicum of reputation he has left.
why is he soo much against free shs? ther emay be something because it baffles me, mahama is so much agaist shs i believe he cannot sleep. well come to think of it the money being pumped into free shs where do you think the money will be if it was not for free shs? in people pocket and they will be building houses and fule stations in the wrong places and buying cars. Thank you Akuffo Addo for channeling all that money to Ghanaians
ok, so has jm got any plan/program/agenda... what else will he do when comes back to power? he is always criticizing without offering solutions. he said free shs is not possible, now it has been done, then he now says what? so his common sense tells him that some people should be denied whiles we build infrastructure, by the way, infrastructure that he said he was building and couldn't complete... chai!!! common sense! with a simple double track, everybody who qualifies now has opportunity... that is comm sense!!!
Akufo-Addo launches 7-year devt plan Date: Apr 12 , 2018 , 09:44 BY: Victor Kwawukume & Chris Nunoo Category: General News President Akufo-Addo launching the Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies in Accra President Akufo-Addo launching the Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies in Accra 171 Shares 161 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday launched the seven-year Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development policies of the government, saying the agenda for job creation, prosperity and equal opportunity for all was on course. He said a number of key initiatives captured under the agenda had been implemented and that the rest would be rolled out soon. Useful links Ghana Politics | Ghana Celebrity News | News in Ghana He was, therefore, optimistic that with the launch of the plan, the vehicle bringing about the transformation Ghanaians yearned for and which would culminate in speedy progress and prosperity for all was on course. “I am inviting all Ghanaians to buy into this vision and make it happen because it provides a clear route to progress and prosperity,” he said. He enlisted the support of all Ghanaians to buy into the vision and play defined roles in creating a new era of hope and prosperity for all Ghanaians. Ghana News Headlines For today's latest Ghana news, visit Graphic Online headlines page Ghana news headlines. Ghana Beyond Aid President Akufo-Addo maintained that the agenda for job creation, prosperity and equal opportunity for all was a timely intervention that would propel the country to a status beyond aid. He said the seven-year development plan formed the basis for the government’s development planning, programming and implementation. For current Ghana news | Ghana Business News | News in Ghana Consequently, he announced that all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) were obliged to develop their medium-term programmes in line with the overall agenda of the seven-year plan. He, therefore, appealed to the private sector to partner the government to play key roles in the attainment of the vision as captured in the plan. He also charged civil society to live up to its watchdog role in ensuring that society had value for all the interventions being implemented to reap the full benefit of the policies and programmes of the government. According to the President, the people of Ghana voted massively for change in the December 2016 general election because they had become dissatisfied with the direction the country was going. A new era of hope The vision of the government, as captured in the 2016 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), encapsulated the desires of Ghanaians to see a remarkable change in their lives that will usher them into a new era of hope and prosperity. Being in a hurry to usher Ghana into a realm beyond aid, President Akufo-Addo said he had, within a record time, prepared and submitted his seven-year development plan to Parliament and thus had become the first President in the Fourth Republic to have prepared his plan within two years of coming into office. He recounted that the challenges that his administration inherited required a new and different approach to put the economy on track towards growth, expansion and prosperity. Therefore, he explained that the agenda for change, as captured in the seven-year plan, provided the anchor for “a new hope, a new vision and a new future”. That future, he said, would be one in which Ghana would be an optimistic, self-reliant and prosperous nation that exploited its natural resources to create equal opportunities for all. President Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with guess after the ceremony in Accra. Picture by Samuel Tei Adano.JPG Building a resilient economy The charge to the government, he said, was to build a resilient economy for businesses to thrive, adding that that could only be achieved by the government creating the enabling environment, as well as instituting all the measures that promoted the expansion of existing businesses and provided a smooth platform for start-ups. In achieving that, the President stressed the need for an effective fiscal policy management, describing that as being pivotal to the attainment of the vision. He also underscored the need to develop a world-class workforce, saying the government would resource departments and other allied institutions to ensure that the Ghana labour market information system was effectively operationalised. He was also of the view that in the past, governments had not paid much attention to research and innovation. His administration, he said, would resource the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and allied research institutions to lead the introduction of innovation through research. The document The Minister of Planning and Development, Professor George Gyan Baffour, under whose watch the policy was made possible, said the document, which was the expression of the vision of the government, was to guide the planning, policy decision making, measurement and assessment of government programmes. He said the launch of the comprehensive document had brought the national development process to the fore and represented the desire of the President and the government to let Ghanaians own and share the chosen development path of the nation. The co-ordinated programme, according to him, also captured the divergent aspirations of the people into a formidable shared vision which would be translated into plans, programmes and actions to be pursued in all districts, regions and sectors of the country. Prof. Gyan Baffour said the President was enjoined by Article 36 (5) of the 1992 Constitution to present his co-ordinated programmes of economic and social development policies, including agricultural and industrial programmes at all levels and in all regions, to Parliament within two years of assuming office “The coordinated programme, therefore, outlines the vision of the President for the country, offers a comprehensive diagnosis, an analysis of the country’s socio-economic challenges and presents new approaches to addressing them. “The policy gives a clear sense of direction to the country on the development path which the country will follow and guidance for future budgets,” he added. He said out of the four vision documents prepared by the country, the coordinated programme of economic and social development policies was the only one to be presented to Parliament and within two years on assumption of power by the President. Describing the document as unique, Prof. Gyan Baffour said it took cognisance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the African Union Agenda 2063. He stressed the need for a new planning culture in the country and called, among others, the private sector, students, civil society groups and all Ghanaians to own the document, as well as be good ambassadors in disseminating the information. “The document must be the subject of our discourse at all levels and in all regions,” he added. Decentralisation Tracing Ghana’s efforts at achieving the goals as enshrined in the SDGs, the Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, emphasised that even before the UN could come up with the goals, Ghana’s Constitution had encapsulated the SDGs in working to ensure sustainable development. “The document for economic and social development is a national vision and not a partisan vision,” he said. Touching on co-ordination in development at the grassroots level, he said “the coordination in development is best assured if the vehicle is decentralisation”. “It appears there is a missing link in the countrys decentralisation, which is at the district level,” he added. The Majority Leader, therefore, called for an intermediary body to synchronise all the efforts if there was the need for a review for the Constitution, pointing out that the launched document must be the mirror to reflect and judge the government in its forward march.