2024 Elections: Napo Leads Charge In Exposing Mahama On Free SHS

Vice presidential candidate of the NPP, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has led the charge in exposing former President John Dramani Mahama over his web of deceit about the free SHS policy.

Dr Opoku Prempeh ( Napo), who as education minister, supervised the implementation of Ghana’s most impactful social intervention policy, has left no stone untuned in ensuring that the electorate do not buy into the false narratives of the NDC presidential candidate.

In the build-up to the general elections, Mahama who is the presidential candidate of the NDC, has claimed that he initiated the free SHS policy.

But, on various platforms , Napo has exposed the former president by revealing the negative statements Mahama made about free SHS before and after the implementation of the policy in 2017.

Exposed
Some of the notable statements Napo has made exposing Mahama on free SHS are:
“John Mahama disrespected free SHS students by claiming they passed their exams because they were allowed to cheat.”
“You made numerous statements to prove to Ghanaians that the policy was not feasible”.
“John Mahama claimed he was the one who initiated the free SHS programme. But this is the same person who said that even if he had the money, he wouldn’t use it for free SHS”
“You called Free SHS a 419 scheme and claimed it was destroying education. If he truly started it, would he have made such statements?”

Mahama’s attacks
Various statements made by Mahama confirmed his opposition to free SHS. Some of the statements are:
“SHS students were allowed to cheat”.
“Lalasulala’ Free SHS ‘contribution will not be successful”.
Free SHS Will Collapse SHS Education System”.
“Free SHS is bogus”.
“Free SHS is bad. I would not have done it now.”
Government’s over concentration on free SHS worrying”.
“If I have 2 billion cedis, I won’t spend on free SHS”.

7 years
In a statement Dr Prempeh issued on September 12, 2024 to mark 7 years of free SHS, He stated: “This is undoubtedly the single most impactful social policy ever implemented in our country and Africa south of the Sahara. As I reflect with modest pride over the role I was honoured to play in this initiative, I am fortified by the hope this government continues to inspire in our youth through the power of education, and I am convinced that under a Dr Mahamudu Bawumia government, we will do even more to consolidate the gains we have made under FSHS in particular and education in general in our beloved country.”