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General Secretary Aspirant of the People's National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed has commended the headmistress of Kukurantumi Presby Primary School for her courage in laying the school's problems before second Lady Matilda Amissah-Arthur.

The headmistress of the school, Juliet Oppong, requested some educational materials for her school during a ceremony where the second lady attended.

The headmistress made request for items like chalk, log books and other essentials to ease the pressure on her school.

But the Second Lady seems to have lost her cool over the items the headmistress had asked and so, in a quick riposte said emphatically that; “The Head teacher has shocked me…she said you lack chalk and log books...I am very shocked that you are today asking me about chalk...how much is a box of chalk…I won’t give you chalk today, I won’t give you chalk tomorrow…"

Speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" in relation to the issue, Atik Mohammed praised the headmistress stressing that her boldness and confidence to present her needs before the Second Lady was "the mark of a good headmistress."

He said the headmistress attitude proved her willingness to improve the state of the school and the living conditions of the students.

“God bless the headmistress. She’s a good headmistress, fantabulous headmistress…because to the extent that these are the needs of her school and she had the courage to present them before the second lady tells you that this woman; she’s ready to go to any length to improve the lot of her school. That is the mark of a good headmistress.”

Contrary to the position of the Second Lady, Atik Mohammed rebuked her for ranting and raving at the headmistress for making a solemn plea.

The PNC Aspirant told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the Second Lady's attitude was a total reflection of the mindset of the Mahama administration.

He wondered why the Second Lady would be insistent not to provide the school with the basic items despite numerous promises made by the Mahama-led government towards achieving quality education.

“It appears this government, maybe for propaganda reasons; they have twisted and defiled the definition of quality education.”

He urged Ghanaians not to think that the Second Lady was naive about her comments but she was rather "reflecting the thinking of government. And let nobody say that she’s naïve. She’s not a politician. She knew very well what she was saying. Why, before you come, you’re prepped to go and say what you say. So, she was communicating efficiently the message she had been given to go and deliver. And if this is the mindset of the government regarding our education and investment, then we’re in trouble as a country.”