Accra, Jan 08, - The Christian
Council of Ghana (CCG) has advised the Akufo-Addo led government to
depoliticise its laudable social intervention programmes and make them national
ideas to become more acceptable and lasting.
The Council said the government,
should in particular, depoliticise the Free-Senior High School (SHS) programme
which, it described as “a wonderful social intervention that must be sustained
as a national idea”.
In an interview with the GNA on
Monday, Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, General Secretary of the CCG,
commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for being very consistent in
his promises of bettering the lots of Ghanaians.
He said, on assumption of office,
the President immediately started rolling out some of his campaign programmes, which included the
free SHS, the “One District One Factory” and the restoration of allowances of
teacher trainees and nursing students.
Rev Opuni-Frimpong said while the
Council lauds the President for being consistent, it would also urge it to
clearly explain to Ghanaians how it was mobilising resources to fund all these
projects, adding, “That will help boost the confidence of the people in the
government”.
He also advised the government to
lead a national mobilisation programme to mobilise domestic resources and bring
all stakeholders including parents, teachers, and old school associations on
board to run the free SHS.
“This will ensure that we get the
best out of the free-SHS for our children”, he said.
GNA
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