The Minister of Information, Hon. Mustapha Hamid believes the opposing commentaries coming from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) with regard to the Free SHS policy means they will discard with the policy when they regain power in the future.
According to him, the opposition NDC is simply confused about the implementation of the Free SHS policy because they did not believe President Akufo Addo was capable of doing it.
Reacting to the press conference by the Minority in Parliament on the Free SHS policy, Hon. Mustapha Hamid said on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show that the NDC has nothing else to tell Ghanaians about the Free SHS, but just to lie that the policy is their [NDC’s] progressively free education they started in 2015.
“You know what the NDC people are saying are all lies and deception. Free SHS is a policy that NDC has opposed countless times and up to today, they still oppose the Free SHS policy”, he fumed.
He stressed that the NDC doesn’t know what to do about Akufo Addo’s vision-inspired policy which is why they are quick to state that they started it and that it is the same as their progressively free education policy.
“In their so called progressive, they pay Ghc 54 per day student and not boarders and even with the Ghc 54, they paid it only once in 2015. So if you pay Ghc 54 for only day students, what is progressive about it? What does it mean?”, he quizzed.
“This is not what we are doing; we are saying that by 2019 before the 2020 elections, every SHS student would have been covered by the Free SHS policy. Next year, SHS 1&2 will be covered in the policy and in the third year, it will be universal”, he explained.
Hon. Mustapha Hamid argued that this is how policies are started the world over; thus, nothing starts from the top but from the scratch as similar thing happened when 'O' and 'A’ LEVEL systems were converted to SSS by former President Rawlings in the PNDC regime.
“If you remember when we went to O’LEVEL and A’LEVEL and the PNDC decided to convert the system into SSS, did they convert O’LEVEL and A’LEVEL into SSS at a go? We faded off the old system gradually till the SSS completely took over; so this is how it is and it was former President Rawlings who changed the system. In the whole world, this is how new systems are implemented; they should tell me one country in the world which started a policy from the top. Everything starts from the beginning and ends at the top”, he argued.
He however advised the NDC to rather rally behind this good educational policy if they want to be recognized on the good side of political history insofar as this Free SHS policy is concerned.
“If they will stay behind to support the policy, Ghanaians will understand that in the future when NDC comes into power, they won’t cancel the policy but if they are fighting against the policy then they are telling Ghanaians that they will cancel it when they come into power”, he asserted.
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Mr. minister did you hear what NDC party was saying @ all. 85
WHY SHOULD NDC KICK AGAINST THIS GOOD POLICY OF FREE SHS? YES IT IS TRUE THAT WHEN NDC COME TO POWER IN SOME 30 YEARS TIME THEY WILL CANCEL THIS GOOD POLICY OF THE FREE SHS. LET ALL GHANAIANS TAKE NOTE OF THIS AND NEVER EVER VOTE FOR NDC.THEY ARE VERY VICKED PEOPLE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE OF GHANA AT HEART.
This same orangutan again?
NDC has lost the seat of government forever, that is the reason why am advising them to enter in large scale farming. It will go along way to help them.
NDC have no plan for Ghana. They are people who can manage the skills of how to loot the country and enrich themselves. The best they can do for themselves at this time is to heed to my advice. If they will enter into farming, it will go a long way to help them. They will appreciate it one day.
I know one thing that the NDC is very good at. Change names. Jubilee House to Flagstaff House, Ohene Djan Sport Stadium to Accra Sports Stadium,Theodosia Okoh Hockey Pitch to John Atta Mills Hockey Pitch, Accra High street to John Evas atta Mills High Street. Ig and when the NDC gets the chance at anytime, the FREE SHS will be given a name for all to forget about its ORIGIN.
Ghanaians will be doomed if they change this government for NDC to come and throw this good policy somewhere. They prefer chopping the money than implementing policy of this nature. God bless NPP
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Please we Ghanaians are tired of waking up to read news of NDC and NPP. WHyyyyy. Aaaaba. Can't we have peace of mind. If you have been taken out of Power please keep quiet and allow the sitting government to have peace of mind to rule the country. Why do u want to disturb the peace of the nation. Please NPP and NDC is over. It is a government ruling for the betterment of Ghana.