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The MP for Akim Abuakwa South constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea, has criticised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for failing to propagate the free Senior High School (SHS) policy.<\/p>\n
He questioned why the president after investing hugely in the educational policy failed to give much publicity to the policy.<\/p>\n
In an interview on Face to Face on Citi TV on Tuesday, Atta Akyea described the President as a \u2018bad storyteller\u2019 for refusing to tell Ghanaians the story surrounding the free SHS.<\/p>\n
He observed that few presidents can commit to sustaining such a policy, emphasising that the first gentleman of the land has laid down the foundation for the next 20 years with all the problems associated with the policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think President Akufo-Addo has been a bad storyteller too. There\u2019s no president in this realm called Ghana, who said people should go to secondary school for free. Do you think it\u2019s cheap?<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if it\u2019s not perfect, he has given the foundation for this nation to take off. In terms of serious brain power in the next 20 years. I have never heard any president who said every district should have a hospital, these are not low-cost governance achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also rejected claims that the president had underperformed in his 8-year rule, acknowledging that his government was hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not think he [Akufo-Addo] has underperformed. What I believe is that he has had a lot of trouble. People underrate the power of the COVID-19. President Osagyefo Nkrumah never faced that. The Russian-Ukraine war, in which the evidence is conclusive. The cold fact that economies contracted, because of these situations.<\/p>\n
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