Former President John Mahama has said he will fix the free senior high school (SHS) programme if he wins the 2024 presidential election.
Speaking at a campaign tour in Kongo in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, Mr Mahama who is seeking a comeback, said the current form of the free SHS programme is appalling and counterproductive.
In his view, it is rather encumbering students and parents instead of its intended purpose of providing some academic and financial respite.
“Free SHS is not working properly," he told the delegates on his tour, explaining that neither the parents nor students are reaping its fruits.
"I can tell you today that the money we are spending on our children to go to school is far more than when we used to pay school fees," Mr Mahama said.
“We are going to repair the free SHS and make it better and create the situation that when school reopens, all the children will go together and when they vacate they all come home together.”
He also repeated an earlier call for the resignation of Health Minister Kweku Agyemang-Manu over the "failed" national health insurance scheme.
“The NHIL is completely destroyed. The minister himself said there is no benefit to the NHIL card and that when he goes to the hospital, he pays cash and that was why I said he should resign," Mahama said.
He promised: "NDC is coming to make it better.”
Source: ghanaweb.com
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You can even implement the fshs policy so how can you fix it. Apuu. Mahama stop deceiving the people because this is not your first time and you no records that we can remember you for. Forget it.
Joke of the century. Kai!
Do you believe in the policy (FREE SHS). Just saying something for votes and one-time premium for NHIS? We haven't forgotten, NDC LIES!
Free SHS might not be working, but even so, the one to fix is Mahama? How can anyone fix anything they do not see valuable? Just lying to get votes.
Liar lier Liar
Liar, liar liar liar............. You cannot do foko. Talk is cheap. Tell us how you will fix it.
Your people are now scared to tell you it's not working but be assured you'll know when JM wins power. You don't seem to see npp already in opposition. Very bad
Thank God you have now seen it working, because you doubt it implementation, it took visionary and bold leadership to implement it. Be sure that Dr Bawumia is going to continue.
Liar! Liar!! Liar!!! Perish with your deception and lies. you said earlier that if you have 2 billion cedis, you will not waste it on free SHS and that you will review it, meaning you will scrap it. you said it could never be done. It is 419. It is all lie be lie. please keep off the free SHS and stop going about lying to Ghanaians just to get their vote to come and mess up the country again.