Don’t call repainted old schools brand new infrastructure – Prof. Opoku-Agyemang tells government

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says it is deceptive for the government to spruce up existing schools and commission them as new schools.

Addressing NDC supporters at Kpetinga in the Gushiegu Constituency on Thursday as part of her campaign tour of the Northern Region, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang also questioned the commitment to ensure quality education.

When we commissioned schools, it meant it was complete. The library was stocked, the classrooms were set with furniture, the computer rooms had computers, and there were teachers already assigned teaching and learning materials. That was our definition of a school we were going to commission," she explained.

Opoku-Agyemang said it is important for the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government to do a full disclosure of the number of schools it has completed in eight years, adding it is not enough to buy a few gallons of paint to spruce up school buildings completed by the erstwhile Mahama administration and claim ownership of them.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said that the NPP government has messed up the education sector since assuming office.

She said the former Mahama administration introduced many interventions, including free sandals and textbooks, in the education sector.

"All these we were doing that people didn't see as intervention because they have crossed that bridge. And because they have crossed the bridge, they didn't care about those who were behind the bridge," she said.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang, therefore, urged the electorate to vote massively for NDC presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama and NDC parliamentary candidates in the upcoming December 7 general elections.

She said a vote for Mahama would propel him to victory to reset the country and fix the challenges, including those in the education sector.