{"id":12150,"date":"2018-09-30T22:18:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T22:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2018-09-30T22:18:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T22:18:46","slug":"akufo-addo-mahama-trade-punches-over-free-shs-double-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12150","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo, Mahama trade \u2018punches\u2019 over Free SHS, Double Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/President-John-Dramani-Mahaman.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/President-John-Dramani-Mahaman.1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/President-John-Dramani-Mahaman.1-410x275.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/President-John-Dramani-Mahaman.1-110x75.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recent banter between former President John Dramani Mahama and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a foretaste of what Ghanaians should expect as the country inches closer into another electioneering period.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-inline bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-50547-1788487579\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-code \" data-adid=\"50547\" data-type=\"code\">The former President weeks ago, announced his comeback to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) promising to right all the wrongs admitting in some cases that campaign funds did not actually get to the rightful persons.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He kick-started his campaign tour of the Central Region last week and as always expected criticized certain policy decisions of the government including the double-track system and the recently implemented free SHS.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahama during his 4-day tour observed that the free SHS is an ill-planned policy\u00a0the reason it is bedeviled with overcrowding among other challenges indicating the ruling party is impervious advice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bs-irp left bs-irp-thumbnail-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-middle bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-41861-965998090\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-code \" data-adid=\"41861\" data-type=\"code\">\u201cOur NPP friends, they don\u2019t listen to advice, they think they know everything. We shall come together and decide on the proper implementation of Free SHS,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But President Akufo-Addo in a sharp rebuttal in faraway USA where he was attending the UN General Assembly meeting, warned against giving Mahama the opportunity to revise the free SHS policy as proposed.<\/p>\n<p>He stated \u201c I am alarmed by this concept of a review. This is because anytime our political opponents try anything of this sort, it leads the policy in question into a coma. We all remember the NHIS one-term premium payment review pledge. Not only did the review not materialize, but they also succeeded in degrading the policy,\u201d the President bemoaned.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI honestly suspect reviewing the Free SHS policy means collapsing it. But, I doubt the Ghanaian people will allow this brilliant policy to be collapsed by anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: MyNewsGh.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent banter between former President John Dramani Mahama and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a foretaste of what Ghanaians should expect as the country inches closer into another electioneering period. 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