{"id":767,"date":"2023-12-30T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=767"},"modified":"2024-05-16T22:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T22:15:04","slug":"mahamas-belittling-of-wassce-graduates-woefully-disheartening-says-oppong-nkrumah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=767","title":{"rendered":"Mahama\u2019s belittling of WASSCE graduates woefully disheartening, says Oppong Nkrumah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Sarabun; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<figure style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Sarabun; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The Minister of Information,\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/kojo-oppong-nkrumah-we-have-a-responsibility-to-be-civil-in-parliament\/\">Kojo Oppong Nkrumah<\/a>, has expressed deep disappointment in former president John Dramani Mahama\u2019s recent comments belittling the success of the\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/stan-dogbe-throws-insults-at-richard-ahiagbah-over-jms-promise-to-review-free-shs\/\">Free SHS<\/a>\u00a0programme, describing it as \u201cwoefully disheartening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Speaking to journalists during the Christmas festivities in Akim Anyinase, Nkrumah criticised Mahama for attempting to undermine the achievements of SHS graduates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cIt is disheartening to observe how former president\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/stan-dogbe-throws-insults-at-richard-ahiagbah-over-jms-promise-to-review-free-shs\/\">Mahama<\/a>\u00a0will go all lengths to belittle the Free SHS programme and its results simply because it did not emanate from him,\u201d said Nkrumah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The recently released 2023 WASSCE results, considered the best since 2015, have been attributed to the positive impact of the Free SHS programme. However, Mahama, during his country tour, discredited the outcome of the examination pointing to malpractices and students conniving with teachers to cheat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Nkrumsah said he finds Mahama\u2019s stance \u201cshocking and disappointing,\u201d adding that such remarks disregard the hard work and accomplishments of the students who benefited from the initiative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cWhile he may not like the entire SHS programme, he shouldn\u2019t try so hard to denigrate the beneficiaries. Yes, the programme may have some challenges, but to say that even the exceptional success of the students is fake is just amazing,\u201d Nkrumah, who doubles as the MP for Ofoase Ayirebi, added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 6px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">He recounted the stiff opposition from Mahama and the NDC to the Free SHS programme, adding that the former president\u2019s comments are a continuation of that stance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Nkrumah called for constructive discussions to improve the Free SHS programme, adding that Ghana would be better served with ideas rather than attempts to undermine the efforts and achievements of the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Source: asaaseradio.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Information,\u00a0Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has expressed deep disappointment in former president John Dramani Mahama\u2019s recent comments belittling the success of the\u00a0Free SHS\u00a0programme, describing it as \u201cwoefully disheartening.\u201d Speaking to journalists during the Christmas festivities in Akim Anyinase, Nkrumah criticised Mahama for attempting to undermine the achievements of SHS graduates. \u201cIt is disheartening to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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