The Minister of Education, Hon. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has publicized and prompted Ghanaians on the need to retain Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government during December 7 in order to continue benefitting from the Free Senior High School policy.

According to the Member of Parliament for the Manhyia South Constituency, voting for the opposition party is a disaster due to its outrageous denunciations of the inventiveness of the Senior High School policy exercised on an unrestricted basis.

“When the idea of free Senior High School started in 2008, many people misunderstood what the NPP intended to achieve," he said. 

“They did hard work and thanks to them its very fruition. But those of the other side could do nothing that we call constructive criticism,’ he added.

Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) Mid-Ghana Office in Kumasi on Monday, August 4, 2020, revealed that the National Democratic Congress in 2012 and 2016 frustrated Ghanaians with numerous delusional advertisement on the program to disrupt the message of Nana Akufo-Addo on its benefit.

He reflected that the biggest Ghanaian opposition party asserted that none in the history of Ghana can empower such therefore if the NPP government has been proficient in their implementation, there is no way the citizens should have confidence in the NDC who now pretends that the program would be very effective under their reign.

“In 2012 and 2016 over 40 adverts were out up to confuse Ghana over free SHS. Some said if it were possible, Nkrumah would have been the person to do it. And that is why I throw this challenge that if Nana Addo has done it, then certainly, Ghanaian should decide to vote for him again because of the freight of free SHS,’ he spoke.

“Now what do we hear around coming to elections? We all hear those who said they will cancel free SHS saying they are going to review it. If you introduce progressively free education and someone has done SHS free for three years, and you are a political opponent wanting to come into power, the only thing you have to tell Ghanaians is to continue, and not to review it.

“So in my mind, I take the review of NDC to mean when they come into power they are going to cancel free SHS.

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He prompted electorates on the benefit of the Free Senior High School to Ghana’s Educational sector and its significance to the progress of the country and asked them to retain Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and his NPP government to experience better relational packages for themselves and wards.

“On a scale, voting for those who will cancel free SHS which has benefitted 1.2 million Ghanaians so that I and you will suffer in poverty and ignorance and that of the one who will maintain should be decided by Ghanaians, and I believe for none but those want to continue the free SHS,” he suggested.

On the limited infrastructure, which has been a challenge due to the rise of senior High School numbers, the education minister assured that government through GETFund is embarking on infrastructural projects to accommodate students to enable them to be part of the resourcefulness of free SHS.

“We do acknowledge, that the rise in the numbers have meant that we should build infrastructure so the numbers can be adequately catered for. Classrooms, dormitories, and all other facilities to make secondary education possible is been done thanks to GetFund.”