“It’s Either You Are Sleeping Or Deliberately Ignoring My Position On Galamsey & Free SHS”- Mahama Jabs Akufo Addo

Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has taken a swipe at the President, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo strongly criticising him for misconstruing his [Mahama] position on the Free Senior High School educational policy (SHS).

During his tour of the Greater Accra Region on Thursday, October 17, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama took a direct jab at President Nana Akufo-Addo.

President Akufo Addo had questioned Mahama’s commitment to the programme, suggesting that the former president’s inconsistent statements indicated he could not be trusted with the future of the Free SHS hence advising Ghanaians not to vote for the NDC as a way of protecting the free SHS policy.

Speaking to supporters in the Ningo Prampram Constituency, Mahama suggested that the president might be “sleeping” or absent from the country, as he responded to recent comments made by Akufo-Addo on pertinent national issues.

Former President John Mahama further rebuked the president, stating that he had repeatedly expressed his views on the Free SHS policy and the galamsey (illegal mining) crisis but President Akufo Addo seems not to appreciate former President Mahama’s position.

According to Mr. Mahama, it is either President Akufo Addo is not listening or deliberately ignoring his positions on these crucial matters, which were already well-known and are in the public domain.

He emphasized that his views on both the Free SHS policy and the galamsey menace, which continues to devastate parts of the country, had been made clear on numerous occasions.

Mahama noted, “He (Akufo-Addo) is not in this country, or he has been sleeping because I have made it clear that there are implementational problems with the Free SHS. One there is no dedicated funding. Two, parents are also not happy with the double track system. Three, the quality of food the children are being given is not good, and so I have said that the NDC is going to come and fix these three things.”