The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang says it is deceptive for the government to spruce up existing schools and commission them as brand new schools.
Addressing NDC supporters at Kpetinga in the Gushegu constituency on Thursday as part of her campaign tour of the Northern Region, she also questioned government commitment to improve access to quality education.
“When we commissioned schools, it meant it was complete.
The library was stocked, the classroom were set with furniture , the computer rooms have computers and they were teachers already assigned with teaching and learning materials, meaning that the school was operational.
That was our definition of a school we were going to commission” she explained.
She asked the NPP government to tell Ghanaians the number of schools they have completed in 8 years, saying it is not enough to buy some few gallons of paints to paint school building completed by the erstwhile Mahama administration and claim ownership.
She said since assuming office, the NPP administration though claiming to be experts have collapsed the education sector.
She said the erstwhile Mahama administration introduced many intervention in education sector including free uniforms, free sandals, text books and many other supplies.
“All these we were doing that people didn’t see as intervention because they have crossed that bridge and because they have crossed that bridge, they didn’t care about those who were behind the bridge”, she said.
Prof Opoku-Agyemang has therefore urged the electorate to vote massively for John Dramani Mahama in the upcoming December 7 general elections to enable him restore the education sector and also provide opportunity for all.
