The New Patriotic Party's National Youth Organizer, Salam Mustapha, has fired salvoes at Ex-President John Dramani Mahama over his promises to the Ghanaian youth.

Salam Mustapha punched holes in Mahama's promises, particularly in relation to his free tuition for first-year students in tertiary institutions policy and other policies for the youth in education.

During the launch of the Youth Manifesto of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the University of Professional Studies, Accra, on Monday, August 12, John Dramani Mahama assured the youth of his readiness to better their lives as he canvassed them to vote for him in the December 7 polls.

Mr. Mahama proffered, among other things, that “we shall decentralize the procurement of food and other supplies to the headmaster’s school basis in order to improve the quality of food and also boost the local economies in the district where the schools are located.”

He added, “We shall expand access by building more infrastructure in existing secondary schools, and we shall dedicate funding to completing the E-blocks in order that more children can have the opportunity to go to school.”

But Salam Mustapha, speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" show, reminded Ghanaians of John Mahama's track record in the education sector, which was supervised by his Vice Presidential Candidate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang.

"Sometimes, President John Dramani Mahama forgets he has been President before because he seems to have a very poor memory of his own performance as President and his shambolic performance as well. The era of John Dramani Mahama as President and his Running Mate, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, as Education Minister is one of the worst periods in youth-centric policies and especially relative to education in this country."

"These are the same people who introduced utility bills for public universities for the first time in our history. They proposed that students should pay for utilities on traditional campuses; it's unprecedented."

He questioned, "What has changed today if not just because they want votes?"

"The evidence doesn’t suggest that they have any capacity to deliver on any promise they’re making now," Salam stressed.