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Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh has described former President John Mahama as the ‘worst’ head of state in the annals of the country's political history.
He said “the country is suffering” because of the bad governance of the Mahama administration.
His comment comes on the heels of various comments made by the former President over the weekend.
Mr Mahama, after a Unity Walk in the Eastern Region, criticized the Free SHS policy of government. He also chastised the ruling government for its inability to stabilize the price of petroleum products.
“We were told that it (petrol) was too expensive and that 50 percent of the petrol was made up of taxes alone and that when they win and come into office, they would remove the taxes so that petrol will (be cheaper). Today petrol is selling at GHC 22 per gallon. I am even more concerned about LPG because LPG was about GHc40 before December 7. Today LPG is more than GHc80. What it means is that for those who cannot afford LPG, they will go back to using charcoal and we all know the implications of using charcoal. When you use charcoal, it degrades the environment and so government should do something about the price of LPG particularly,” the former President stated.
Speaking on the Free SHS Policy, he urged government to call for a stakeholders meeting to address challenges facing the Free SHS policy because it is stifling other developmental projects.
According to him, “the Free Senior High School is absorbing all the fiscal space they have and so almost every money you have, you have to put it into Free Senior High School. So you can’t pay District Assemblies Common Fund, you can’t pay NHIS (National Health Insurance Scheme), you can’t pay GETFund (Ghana Education Trust Fund), you can’t pay other salaries and things because all your money is going into Free Senior High School.”
Addressing these issues in a one-on-one interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" show on Monday, the Education Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, wondered why the former President did not do his best to put the economy on a higher pedestal when he had the opportunity to be in office as president.
“Mahama is the worst president in history…we are suffering because of President Mahama. His actions resulted in the country being saddled with corruption; create loot and share…” he noted.
The Education Minister, popularly known as Napo, wondered why the former President is not wishing the ruling government well on the Free SHS policy but rather engaging in criticisms.
“I will prefer my children to study on the floor than to sell by the road,” he indicated and urged the former President to advise NDC members not to take their children to school if he feels the Free SHS policy is so bad.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Who takes notice if an unenlightened ***barred word*** like napo speaks.
Why? Has Mahama chopped Napo's girl? He hates Mahama for nothing. Whether he likes it or not Mahama has chopped President and will chop it again.you napo will never be president even in your dream. What has akuffo addo done so good as president after the empty promises as if he was going to make Ghana like California.
Come on you cannot say that? NDC and for that matter Mahama was not my choice for president but I don't think it helps to disparage him in this manner. At least give him the honor he deserves as an ex-president of the country. I don't think it does anyone good to keep saying things like these to our leaders. "Talk is cheap", if you have better ideas, prove that by your works not your talk.
Napo is the worse education minister in Ghana has ever had. Experimenting with our childrens future and he says what? When you are implimenting things in an upharzard way then you will come start exposing yourself by insulting everyone who comments about your performance. If the thing is good why is his children not partaking in it?
This guy who call himself napo is the most uselessssssss person who have ever become minister in Ghana infact anytime I hear his voice I feel like vomiting seriously dis guy is the mostime arrogant person I have ever seen in Ghanaian politics we all like to see offfuuuueeeeeeeee
Listen to another ***barred word*** Pig NAPO and his ***barred word*** and ***barred word*** talks . When will this forest ***barred word*** learn how to talk.?
I PRAY THAT THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY NEVER AGAIN BRING US A PRESIDENT LIKE JOHN MAHAMA. HE IS SUCH A CHILD, A LOOSE TALKER, AND NOTHING ALIGNS HIM TO LEADERSHIP EXCEPT HIS OUTWARD HYPOCRITICAL APPEARANCE. THE LORD WILL PUT US IN HIS HANDS AGAIN,OR WORSE THE NDC. WHATEVER THAT GOT TO HIM THIS WAY IS ONLY MYSTERY. HE IS NOT MATURED AT ALL AND HE IS NOT A LEADER IN ANYWAY.
Concentrate and work sir.....! you are talking too much abei
Tell them my Boss. The worse president in Ghanaian political history. Mahama you want us to see you but when we tried we see corruption
Of course Mahama is the worst leader this country has ever had since independence and that includes all the military leaders. How this kleptomaniac is able to muster the courage to speak on issues in this country is what baffles me.At a time when world prices of crude oil was rock bottom his government was busy increasing the pump prices of petroleum products.I really for the life of me do not understand why Mahama wants to come back.As for the lobotomised NDC supporters those who have brains know that this man is dangerous for the country.In Fact I believe if we were to go by the yardstick that their founder used to shoot people, Mahama and scores of his accomplices would have been shot 40 times already.