Communication Member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Biney, has predicted that “lies and arrogance” will soon send the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to opposition.
Chief Biney argued that that the NPP are deploying lies in explaining the free Senior High School policy to Ghanaians, adding that “when they are exposed they turn around to criticize their critics arrogantly”.
According to Chief Biney, the NPP Government, while in opposition promised to provide Free Education to every Ghanaian child, but have now reneged on the promise due to the realities of governance, noting that “the NPP Government should be bold to tell Ghanaians that there is no money to implement and sustain the Free SHS Policy, and so we would be providing scholarships instead of the promised Free SHS, because that is what they are providing now”.
“They promised to give free SHS to every Ghanaian, but they are now saying that it is only the first year’s who are going to enjoy this policy, which is very disappointing, and Parents have realized that they have been deceived but they just want to keep mute and manage”, he told Onua Fm on Monday.
He further added that funding for the policy has not been made known as the government and its communicators keep contradicting government position with different explanations. “The Deputy Finance Minister, Mrs. Abena Osei Asare, told us government is ready with GHC 280 million Cedis, and this is about 50%, only for the Education Minister to come and tell us that Government has realized only 20% of the funds earmarked for the policy, then their communicators are also saying different things, so who is telling the truth” he wondered.
Meanwhile, Mr. Saka Salia, a member of the ruling NPP who was on the same show, refuted Chief Biney’s assertions.
He explained that the Free SHS, like every other policy needs to start from somewhere, and “this is what they NPP has done”, adding that the Ghanaians never witnessed anything free in terms of education under the NDC Government, and that even the NDC’s own FCUBE which should have been implemented by the end of the year 2000 never saw the light of the day.”
He further accused the NDC Party as being “detractors of the progress of this country”, citing examples including the NDC’s boycott of the parliamentary deliberation on the National Health Insurance Scheme Policy on the floor of Parliament some years back, while in opposition, among others.
Source: 3news.com
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Crocodile tears indeed!
Look at one of them too. Aimless people from aimless party NDC
WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, ALL THESE CHALLENGES CAN BE RESOLVED, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT FREE SHS IS HERE AND IS HERE TO STAY. WHEN YOU GUYS CHANGED THE 6TH FORM, YOU ALSO STARTED WITH THE FIRST YEARS. GIVE US A BREAK WAI
Look at who is talking.Which party in Ghana has more liars nd arrogant people than d NDC?Apart from lies nd arrogance u have a lot of babies with sharp teeth.Next year by this time a lot of u will be in jail for corruption so don't dream of coming back to power.