They didn't see my Free SHS as priority, they still question it – Akufo-Addo shades Mahama

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has noted that if John Dramani Mahama was to be in power, he would not have prioritised the Free SHS programme.

The President made the assertion when he shaded the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during a meeting with the National Development Planning Commission on Tuesday, July 16.

“Today we have a framework with certain targets which can guide all of us going forward, and which can guide us in the shaping of our manifesto whilst recognising the importance of a manifesto, in the governance of a nation because that is the contract between the parties and the people of Ghana.

“They are the products of social engagements. Not everybody would have thought that this Free SHS matter was a priority for the country. There are still people who question it,” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said.

The President continued, “And if they were in office, perhaps that’s not what would have been the emphasis, but for me, it was a priority and I said so to the people of Ghana before I came here.”

At the meeting, the National Development Planning Commission presented a new Long-term National Development Perspective Framework, dubbed VISION 2057 to him.