NPP presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has criticized former President John Mahama for displaying a lack of sensitivity towards impoverished families in the nation.
While addressing his supporters in the Ahafo Ano South Constituency during the concluding day of his tour in the Ashanti Region, the Vice President reminded the public of Mr. Mahama’s strong opposition to the Free SHS initiative implemented by the Akufo-Addo administration.
Dr. Bawumia emphasized that Mr. Mahama had consistently resisted efforts to broaden access to Free SHS for disadvantaged households, particularly for the millions of children from families unable to afford the substantial costs associated with their education.
He highlighted the benefits that these families now receive under the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, which is dedicated to ensuring quality education for all citizens.
We promised the people of Ghana we would implement Free SHS if we won..When we said that, the former President said we were lying. He said it was 419. He said if he had 2 billion, he won’t invest it on Free SHS. He said it was not possible and I said it is possible.
We came and implemented it and it has been 8 years of Free SHS. In this period, 5.7 million of our children have benefited from Free SHS.
If we had listened to former President Mahama, there wouldn’t have been Free SHS and all these children would not have benefitted from Free SHS.
When Mahama was President, he could not even provide chalk to schools. Today, we are providing computers to both students and teachers from Kindergarten to SHS.
