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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the NDC cannot be trusted with the Free SHS policy.

Speaking at the outdooring of NPP’s manifesto in Cape Coast today, Saturday, President Akufo-Addo said, "We have no reason to believe the NDC presidential candidate's newly proclaimed conversion to free SHS and free TVET. For eight years, he and his party were loud in their assertions that they did not believe in the free SHS and free TVET, they did not like the idea, they rubbished it at every opportunity, and they proclaimed that it would destroy Ghana’s educational system."

Zero credibility

President Akufo-Addo also criticized the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for his ‘continuous change’ of views on the free SHS policy.

"When they were in office, they had a hard time trying to run even their watered-down version of their so-called progressively free education. Then the former President said he would 'review' it, and now we hear him say it has come to stay. Excellency, please try another one. Your credibility on this one is zero, free SHS, free TVET cannot be trusted in your hands."

President Akufo-Addo added the NPP will 'protect' its flagship policy from the hands of the NDC and Mr John Mahama. 

"I take pride in the fact that free SHS and free TVET have been delivered, and our young people, and their parents and guardians, know that they will no longer be forced to stop school at JHS level because of financial difficulties. It was not easily done, and, so, we intend to protect it and prevent any so-called 'review', another word for cancellation." 

Mahama's Call

Mr Mahama during a courtesy call on the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari II said: the “free Senior High School education has come to stay. If anybody tells you that I, John Dramani Mahama, will abolish Free SHS when I come into power tell the person he is a bloody liar.”