Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, also known as Napo has demanded for an apology from the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for speaking against the government’s flagship free Senior High School policy.

The Manhyia South legislator said the NDC and Former President John Mahama must seek pardon from Ghanaians and President Akufo-Addo for finally accepting the Free SHS programme.

Addressing the chiefs and people of Saboba as part of President Nansa Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s tour of the Northern and North East Regions, Dr Prempeh said: “After mounting a lot of hostility to Free SHS, if NDC now accepts Free SHS, the first thing they should do is to apologise to His Excellency the President for deceiving the good people of Ghana for the last eight years.”

Dr Prempeh’s comment comes on the back of Mr John Mahama’s denial that if elected president in 2020, his government will cancel the free SHS policy.

The NDC flagbearer of the NDC speaking at the 27th Annual Residential Delegates Congress organised by the Ghana National Union of Technical University Students in Kumasi on Wednesday, 14 August 2019, said: “The free SHS is here to stay".

The policy, he noted, is underpinned and guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and it cannot be overturned by any government.

"But all administrations, including this one (Akufo-Add government) and any future one has an obligation to make it a qualitative and enjoyable experience for our children. And I'm determined to make secondary education a beneficial learning experience more than the current miserable conditions our children are having to face under Nana Akufo-Addo's administration," he added.