The National Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has strongly criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for what he considers a misplaced priority in distributing tablets to students.
According to Gyamfi, the NPP does not deserve praise for this initiative, citing several unresolved issues that he believes should take precedence.
Gyamfi highlighted concerns such as the lack of textbooks, delays in capitation grants, and the existence of schools under trees as more urgent matters requiring government attention.
He compared the NPP’s tablet distribution, which he claimed comes at an inflated unit cost of GHS3,200, to the NDC’s efforts during their tenure, including providing laptops for students without accumulating arrears in capitation grants, ensuring access to core textbooks, and eliminating thousands of schools under trees.
In a tweet, Gyamfi directed a message to Koku Anyidoho, stating that nearly five years after the introduction of a new curriculum, the NPP government has failed to supply textbooks to basic school children.
He concluded by asserting that the government cannot expect accolades for distributing tablets at such a high cost while fundamental educational needs remain unaddressed.
“Somebody should tell @KokuAnyidoho that, at the time, the NDC/Mahama government was providing laptops for students, we were not owing six(6) terms of capitation grant; we had provided basic education students all their core textbooks and we had eliminated more than 2000 schools under trees.
“NPP government has failed to provide text books to basic school children almost 5 years after the introduction of a new curriculum, government cannot expect praises for the provision of tablets to students at an inflated unit cost of GHS3,200,” Sammy Gyamfi stated in a tweet.
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Somebody should tell @KokuAnyidoho that, at the time, the NDC/Mahama government was providing laptops for students, we were not owing six(6) terms of capitation grant; we had provided basic education students all their core textbooks and we had eliminated more than 2000 schools…
— Sammy Gyamfi (@SammyGyamfi_) April 7, 2024
Misplaced priority! We will take the tablets and vote against them. After all, the money used to procure the tablets belonged to the state.