Napo exposes former ministers

Minister for Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has made a startling revelation about some former Ministers of the erstwhile Mahama-led administration.

According to the Minister, he has documents to prove how some former ministers while in office awarded themselves government contracts at very exorbitant prices.

“When you live in a glass house, you don’t throw stones otherwise you will force me to come out. I can say for a fact that some former ministers are still knocking on my door pursuing payment for contracts they awarded themselves.” he said

Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has been in the news for reportedly jabbing his predecessor Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang describing her as an “embarrassment” and one who didn’t understand education.

Some members of the NDC have since descended on Napo charging him apologize to his predecessor Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman.

Explaining his position on the matter, the Manhyia South MP told ghananewsday.com that not only did Prof. Opoku-Agyemang left the education ministry saddled with debts but she also failed to produce proper policy directives that regulated most of the NDC projects in the educational sector.

“I have heard the former Minister she say on some radio stations that the NPP has no policy document for free SHS so the entire initiative is a lie.

Then when I answered back that she is an embarrassment to education then people say I’m attacking. I am not attacking. She should produce one single policy document on the 200 schools they said they were going to build.”

Dr. Opoku Prempeh further gave a breakdown of debts left by his predecessor as follows;

Feeding Grants for Colleges of Education – GHS36 million, Feeding Grants for Special Schools – GHS4.7 million, SHS Subsidy – GHS24 million, Progressively Free Senior High School debt – GHS33 million, Capitation Grant, GHS8 million and GETFund debt – GHS3.7 billion.