Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has endorsed Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the best candidate to lead Ghana into the future in the upcoming December elections.
Speaking to members of the NPP’s TESCON group at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Tuesday, November 19, Dr. Opoku Prempeh, widely known as NAPO, emphasized Bawumia’s practical solutions to the challenges facing the youth of Ghana. He urged the group to work diligently for NPP’s success in the 2024 elections.
“The future is not ours because we are current. The future is not Bawumia’s because he is current. He is the one who will lead you into the future,” NAPO stated. “Ask yourself, who can be the father who cares about your well-being? Elections are about securing your future.”
NAPO also criticized the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) for petitioning the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over alleged discrimination in the Free Senior High School program.
The private schools contend that the government’s 30 percent priority placement policy, which reserves seats at Category A senior high schools for public school students is discriminatory towards private school students.
However, on Tuesday, November 19, during an engagement with students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), the NPP’s running mate rebuked the private schools for their stance.
“I heard Ghana National Association of Private Schools are telling us that they are going to court to stop the Free SHS for allocating 30 percent of placements to poor children who go to public schools: the audacity, the audacity, the nerve.
“The reality was that when I introduced 30 percent for equity, I didn’t pluck it from the sky. It already existed but abused for the well-connected and the privileged.”
