{"id":609387,"date":"2019-04-22T03:28:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T03:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 22 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>pulse.com.gh<\/p>\n2019-04-22\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/88602246.2"},"modified":"2019-04-22T03:28:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T03:28:25","slug":"bawumia-jabs-mahama-over-free-shs-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/22\/bawumia-jabs-mahama-over-free-shs-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia jabs Mahama over free SHS spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 22 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>pulse.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/88602246.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bawumia   Shake\" title=\"Bawumia   Shake\" width=\"295\" height=\"191\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at former President John Mahama over his comments that government was spending huge on the free Senior High School policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hear somebody [former President Mahama] says we are spending so much on free SHS. Have you heard him,&#8221; the Vice President asked rhetorically. &#8220;He said we are spending so much so we won\u2019t have money for other things. Did you hear that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahama, who is leading the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into the 2020 election, slammed government huge budget on secondary education while neglecting of basic and tertiary education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are spending all your money on secondary education, and less on tertiary and basic education, then there is something wrong with your educational system.\u201d JMahama said.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking at Kwahu on Saturday after a health walk, the vice president reminded the ex-president of his past position on the free SHS.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President, amidst cheers from the crowd, said: \u201cYou who said free SHS was not possible. When you did not have free SHS under your government, you couldn\u2019t pay teachers and nursing training allowance, you couldn\u2019t pay National Health Insurance, is it free SHS which stopped you?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from the North. I benefitted from free education. It is good for the people of the north and it is good for the people of Ghana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 22 April 2019 Source: pulse.com.gh 2019-04-22 Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at former President John Mahama over his comments that government was spending huge on the free Senior High School policy. \u201cI hear somebody [former President Mahama] says we are spending so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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