Free SHS: How Can We Oppose a Bill We Have Not Seen? – Minority Fires Afenyo-Markin | Politics

Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has clarified that, there is no such thing as a Free SHS bill before Parliament, hence the allegations from the Majority Caucus that the Minority is opposed to the bill cannot be accurate.

The Minority Leader thus asserted that the caucus is willing and ever ready to support any legislation that will seek to improve and sustain the Free Senior High School policy.

At a press conference on Wednesday, the Member of Parliament for Ajumako/Enyan/Essiam in the Central region stated, “We are here to address a major desperation on the ruling NPP and the members of Parliament working for the government, particularly the majority leader. In the last few days, the majority leader is on record to have accused the NDC minority of not supporting the Free SHS bill. Let me put on record that there is no such bill before Parliament.”

He said, “We are hearing from him, for the first time, that the government is considering a bill to be presented to Parliament called the Free SHS bill. As we speak, there is no bill. It is important for us to reiterate that we cannot oppose a bill we have not seen. We have not said anywhere that we are going to oppose such a bill. We are rather urging the NPP to hurry up in presenting such a bill to Parliament.”

Dr. Ato Forson assured Ghanaians and the general public that, the NDC has never said it is against the Free SHS policy, but quickly added that, what the NDC have always wanted is a review to address the challenges associated with the policy.

“In fact, if there is anybody in this country who is on record to have said that he does not believe in the Free SHS law, it is rather Dr. Bawumia. He is on record to have said that there is no need for a law or bill to regulate Free SHS, not the NDC,” Dr. Ato Forson emphasized.