The running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 elections, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, has criticized the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing them of failing to develop the education sector when they were in political office.

He pointed out that the education sector, which is the future of the country, did not experience any meaningful transformation when the NDC was in power. He urged the electorate to reject the NDC on December 7.

He warned that the massive gains achieved in the education sector under the NPP would be eroded if the NDC wins power.

“The future of the country is education, and the record of the NDC in education is poor,” Dr. Prempeh, also known as ‘Napo,’ reminded Ghanaians, sternly warning that the NDC posed a serious threat to the education sector.

Speaking at the Fosu Nursing Training College as part of his campaign tour in the Central Region on Friday, September 6, 2024, Napo urged the electorate to renew the NPP's mandate in the interest of the country and the children, who are the future leaders.

Reminding the citizenry of the infamous decisions that the NDC made in government to hurt the education sector, he said, “It is the NDC who canceled the teacher and nursing trainee allowance, with its disastrous effects on affected students.”

Virtually highlighting all the unpardonable things that the NDC did against the education sector, Napo also said the infamous “I won’t give you chalk episode” happened during their time, adding that failure rates in schools also soared under the NDC.

The NPP Vice Presidential Candidate, who is a former Minister of Education, lamented that “over 40,000 school children could not get their results as a result of non-payment of school fees” when the NDC was in power.

NAPO said time would not permit him to talk about other insensitive things that the NDC did in political office in eight years to jeopardize the education sector, warning that the NDC should not be allowed to get close to power again.

He reminded the people that the education sector has been rapidly and properly transformed since the President Nana Akufo-Addo-Bawumia NPP government took over political power through better policies and planning.

NAPO, who supervised the smooth and successful implementation of the famous free Senior High School (SHS) policy as Minister of Education, said, “the free SHS alone increased enrollment and benefitted every student.”

The free SHS social intervention policy, he explained, doesn’t discriminate against anyone, saying that every school-going Ghanaian child has been benefiting from the policy irrespective of their political, tribal, or social backgrounds.

He also said there has been “an increase in the enrollment of nursing and teacher trainees despite the payment of their allowance,” saying that the future of the country is education and the NPP are the better managers of that crucial sector, so they should retain power.

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