NDC youth attack Seth Terkper for suggesting Free SHS must be limited to day students

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  • Dog meat 1 year ago

    Ghanaian economics are lazy, you need to create Adam Smith invisible hand than speaking nonsense.

  • Nana 1 year ago

    I support Seth Terkper 100% it shd be limited to Day Students only. The new NDC govt shd start this review with Volta region schools and ALL NDC Supporters children b4 expanding it across the country.

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  • TAKE OR PAY DEMON 1 year ago

    If this Seth Tekper is comparing our education policy with that of the European s then he should be ready to pay unemployment benefits.

  • TogbeKporwomordzikpo KpornugloAvumako 1 year ago

    Where was Terkper when we needed people to speak for the country during the difficult times? People like JOE JACKSON stook against all odds, sacrificed his time to make sure average Ghanaians know what's going on economically ...
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  • Blue Pen 1 year ago

    As JDM said, let there be a nationwide stakeholder discussion. Let parents, headmasters/headmistresses, teachers, CSOs, GES and Govt discuss the form and character of the fshs going forward. Let all Ghanaians decide. Let all ...
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  • DotCom 1 year ago

    Only sensible people can understand that while the free education ideal is good, it is producing bad and uneducated students. Poor planning and implementation of the programme is one reason why it is not working. I think it i ...
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  • Pelicles 1 year ago

    So, when in our history did you see or hear students manufacturing "Dialysis machines", assembling a Robotic plane" and let it fly, when in our history did you hear that Ghanaian student took part in a worldwide robotic compe ...
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  • Peeved 1 year ago

    Very true man. These are the people rampaging through the streets burning and looting property. NDC folks just think about what they can eat today

  • Doris 12 months ago

    May God bless you my child

  • Doris 12 months ago

    Pellicles my child God bless you

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 1 year ago

    MAHAMA HAS GOT NO CLUE ABOUT RUNNING AN ECONOMY. OUR POST COVID-19 PERFORMANCE OUTCLASSED MAHAMA’S ECONOMY THAT INHERITED OIL , MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMY. HOW COULD GHANAIANS VOTE AGAINST NPP BECAUSE OF KENKEY???
    “Walk with ...
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  • Kweku 1 year ago

    This can be done in future but not under 4 years.
    You must as well talk about taxes first because they go hand in hand.

    The ordinary Ghanaian don't want to pay tax but want everything for free.

    How possible is that?

  • FRANKIE 1 year ago

    Who identified the 'angry' NDC youth? The lies must stop!

  • Asídu Keta 1 year ago

    Most European secondary schools are day schools and near your house. Ghana secondary schools were few and transportation was poor hence they were made boarding. It will take time to make them all day and convert the boarding ...
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  • maame 1 year ago

    Parentis s must be part of their wards' education. Where in the world is everything education - books, uniform, boarding free? Parents must share the cost of educating their kids if not we will sacrifice quality education ...
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  • Ama 1 year ago

    @ Maame
    I don't think you were on this planet when many parents refused to send their children to SHS bcoz they could not afford Govt Subsidied School fees.The FSHS Policy is just a temporary measure to address a problem it ...
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  • Aba Atta 1 year ago

    He didn't even say so it's their understanding of the English! He said in USA and Europe high or secondary schools are free, mainly day secondary schools, and that the rich send their children to boarding schools because they ...
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  • Kk 1 year ago

    Will they call the poor farmer somewhere in Narilegu to to table for discussions or they will call a rich rep to represent the poor and rope it on our necks?

  • J0eY l0nD0N 1 year ago

    Don't be silly, the manifesto of the ndc are always crafted by artisa, peasants, laymen and ar
    aristocrats.

    So your comments are pedestrian trolling.

    Buluuuu

  • Kwa 1 year ago

    President Mahama, Asiedu Nketiah and the entire NDC fraternity must have a second look at this idiot and foolish guy Seth Terkpe again for any appointment. This foolish man Seth Terkpe was at the Finance Ministry then denyin ...
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  • J0eY l0nD0N 1 year ago

    You just talking foolishly, he don't need to be in any position to gove the government a helping hand, therefore yiur comment is a dead on arrival trolly.

  • MoonGod 1 year ago

    seth tekper with his aeroplane nose

  • TAKE OR PAY DEMON 1 year ago

    Ghanaians should know that the NDC is in to steal and without cancelling the FSHS, they cannot steal. That is why they are creating the fiscal space with the cancellation of the FSHS to enable them to steal.

  • TAKE OR PAY DEMON 1 year ago

    Ghanaians should know that the NDC is in to steal and without cancelling the FSHS, they cannot steal. That is why they are creating the fiscal space with the cancellation of the FSHS to enable them to steal.

  • Kofi T 1 year ago

    Foolish GHANAWEB at JANDAM again.....after 7th kets see if you fools will get.. to doing this Shit stories again.

  • MoonGod 1 year ago

    Tekper should go away with his aeroplane wide nose and leave the party to work .

  • MARY MAVIS GYAMFIWAA 1 year ago

    Oh Seth Terkper! Why? So we as a country can't we also initiate anything on our own for others too to copy? Must we always copy what others are doing? Shame on you, Sir!

  • John,Tema 1 year ago

    Seth Terkper has a pragmatic mentality which every right thinking Finance Minister shd have.Its implementation will however be difficult I was expecting the Dr Bawumia govt to take this decision in its review.Boarding houses ...
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  • Coach 1 year ago

    Hold it right there Seth - you have gone ahead of the ' pack'. Let's have that broad stakeholder conversation about free shs - where teacher unions, parents, school leaders, pta's, old student & private school associations, C ...
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  • Nana Kwaku 1 year ago

    All these unions you mentioned were deeply involved in the Collapse of late JJ Rawlings education Reform of 1989 forget them they won't bring any sensible addition to the table.The 1989 education Reform shd have considered th ...
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  • NDC 1 year ago

    They will come back and tell us they have has stakeholders meeting and Ghanaians has accept Free day school.

  • Sam Fante warrior. 1 year ago

    When you're making babies know that you have responsibility to take care of your babies. Ghana is a third world country that need a lot of development so government can not spend everything for your children education, soo mu ...
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  • Gborlahn 1 year ago

    I hope you're not misunderstood but this free SHS thing could result in population explosion and a burden on our economy. I'm still trying to understand why a man whose wife is a housewife and earns less than 4,000GHc a month ...
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  • James 1 year ago

    That's the plan....

  • Stone 1 year ago

    Oyiwa.ndc will cancel Free SHS. The secret is out

  • Oyibo 1 year ago

    Oyiwa!

  • they say they say 1 year ago

    Nana addo implemented fshs by force..see where it's landed him and the country at large. But then again you can't talk sense to idiots, it's that simple

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 1 year ago

    Do you know when people from the North like Mahama and Bawumia had free education but their parents could afford? How long did Northerners had Free Education? For now, FSHS has come to stay for all Ghanaians or all Ghanaians ...
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  • Jack 1 year ago

    oh so NDC thought it was easy?? hahaha it's da beginning of da journey. Gh people go soon NDC true colors.

  • Joezzy 1 year ago

    Very true statement from the youth. While he was sitting on the fence people were running into villages to persuade the electorates to vote for ndc because we promise them that we shall do it better . He Seth Temper should th ...
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  • Raphael Abeam US 1 year ago

    The NDC would soon collapse the free SHS policy. Most Ghanaians knew this but they wanted a change and the change has come so nobody should complain but only keep mute and suffer

  • Kumasi Guy 1 year ago

    Seth Terkper please be warn of engagement with the media we the NDC people have suffered much
    during the campaign era in the hands of the Npp government about this free SHS issue they fabricated lies to the NDC that we will ...
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  • Atta Kay 1 year ago

    Aye butuubuutuu aye baasaabaasaa aye piisooooo Seth Terkper has said the truth which has hurt idiotic NDC Followers who want to eat with Both Hands.They don't like Akuffo Addo/NPP but they want to enjoy from his idea.Seth is ...
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  • Kwadwo 1 year ago

    They are absolutely right. Seth Terkper should not have said this in the first place. Where were you when we were campaigning. Nobody has sent him to say this nonsense. Free Eduaction has come to stay and JDM will fulfill a ...
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  • Tito 1 year ago

    Debate and dissent are healthy in a democracy. Hear views that are different from the one you hold. Just hear why that person is passionate about a particular view and respect that without resorting to insults and intimidati ...
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  • Mr Ibu 1 year ago

    This Seth Terkpeh guy shouldn't come closer to this government. He contributed to NDC defeat in 2016 just as Ken Ofori Atta has done to the NPP. He was sitting in the office not listening to advice and not releasing money to ...
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  • NDC/NPP are both the same 1 year ago

    Naa this seth terkper guy, didnt know he was this stupid and foolish to start with. Who have sent him and also is he a cabinet member. All these characters in the ndc are being used by the npp to make the ndc unpopular. Seth ...
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  • Jkn 1 year ago

    Stupid man. Who sent you????? You people don't learn. A big warning to you

  • Gya 1 year ago

    I am not an economics, I have a suggestion for the new government.
    That is to replace cedi with a new currency but maintaining the same value but different design. Once this is done we are given a short period to change the ...
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  • Yaw 1 year ago

    Did you read over what you wrote, change the currency for what?

  • Kofi Sam 1 year ago

    Sethoo becareful you don't talk too much. Is this your collective assessment or your personal idea. Remember the youth who fought for victory some of them are boarders or will have siblings who will be soon be boarders

  • JOB 1 year ago

    My advice to President Mahama is that,he shouldn't take Mr Terkper as the finance minister again Coz,his bad economic policies made him lost power in 2016.

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  • Alidu 1 year ago

    NDC will soon be ugly because the hopes of Ghanaians are too high and they definitely fail to meet them

  • Julius Asare 1 year ago

    Where from that Terkper man? He should know how to talk or shut up

  • The Hunters 1 year ago

    Seth Tekpe is useless, cause NDC defeats in 2016

  • Theo 1 year ago

    Nobody needs Seth Tekpter as Finance Minister and he should immediately stop parading himself as such.
    The youth WILL NOT sit down for some guys in SUITS to be granting interviews here and there.
    Enough with TV and RADIO S ...
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  • Cancel the Free SHS 1 year ago

    We told you all so …………
    I support JDM . Cancel we will pay ….

  • Moses 1 year ago

    These old politicians only think about themselves. Reduce the seize of govt. and fight corruption with resources that Ghana has, the govt can fund free SHS . This guy cannot think out of the box, and want to become a minister

  • Kunta 1 year ago

    I share your view bro

  • Kk 1 year ago

    No need for the attacks, too late now. The scrap of the fshs had been touted by the ndc for a long time and Ghanaians should have known them yet majority of Ghanaians voted the ndc to cancel the fshs and restrict it to the ri ...
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  • Kof 1 year ago

    Cancel the Free shs and use the money to create jobs rather. It's is painful to finish school come and sit home without a job. It's very painful. Use the money to create jobs. When the people have j9bs , they can take care ...
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  • Augustina Quayson 1 year ago

    Please Mr Terkper, from the days of President Nkrumah, tuition fee in SHS has been free.Please Mr Terkper the North has enjoyed free boarding in all SHS and higher institutions since 1951 when Dr Nkrumah gave them ...
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  • Rev 1 year ago

    Seth Terpke was responsible for 2016 defeat of NDC because of his bad economic policies. He has started again. He is an anti NDC and must be ignored. An opportunitis..greedy.selfish.if NDC introduce fees for boarding schools ...
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  • Asare Invisible 1 year ago

    But they said it's not good,so why are they complaining? Mmoooooaaàa...

  • Kweku 1 year ago

    It is a very good idea. The important thing is having access to the free education.

    That will be cost effective and thee extra money can be used to improve other parts of the program.

  • Saman 1 year ago

    If he expecting political appointment no way

  • Jungle 1 year ago

    That man should be arrested and put in a cage until further notice. What rubbish was he saying? He should not be permitted to engage with the media again. John Mahama should not make that stupid mistake in order to keep the t ...
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  • Sagacious shaggy 1 year ago

    He has openly voice out plan of Mahama

  • Nsu 1 year ago

    I wonder oooo, pal! They rain insults on Akuffo Addo left and right every day, yet they want to continue to enjoy his legacy.

  • Yes 1 year ago

    The useless former finance minister is seeking attention with wicked policy. Mahama should not entertain him this time. Dr Bawumia could confuse him and could not talk. Mahama will lose the next election he brings this man.

  • Yes 1 year ago

    Mr Seth you could not go round to campaign for NDC but know policies. Please stop it. Ghanaians are still angry. Don't bring confusion about free SHS,

  • James 1 year ago

    Mahama should appoint new person as finance minister simple. I didn't even see him during the campaign please

  • Yaw nketia 1 year ago

    That is life for you. If you refuse to think properly you cannot refuse to pay for the consequences.

  • Joseph Tettey 1 year ago

    You are coming with the noise policy's again

  • Atsu 1 year ago

    When it is coming it is doing NDC Ghanaians will regret Big time

  • Watching 1 year ago

    We have stupid educated dishonest people leading the country
    Has terkper travelled to the developed countries he is referring to
    Did he travel in the public transportation system before and he should tell us the difference ...
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  • John 1 year ago

    Seth was right in Europe every boarding school is private. Buy your own food if you want send your children from Accra to cape coast . It’s nonsense to do that

  • Pepenyi Mfantse 1 year ago

    But the Ghanaians rejected the free SHS that’s why they voted the Npp out so the Ndc should go on and cancel it

  • KWASI SARPONG 1 year ago

    GHANIANS WILL KNOW THEIR FOOLISHNESS

  • Martin Kreisler 1 year ago

    And after the Government's unsustainable expenditure on free SHS what next for the youth?
    Unemployment?
    Common sense must be brought into play here.

  • Ama ghana. 1 year ago

    Why attacking terkper, is it not part of the reset of ghana you voted for.

  • Augustina Quayson 1 year ago

    Please Pepenyi Mfantse if you care to know the North has enjoyed free boarding in SHS since 1951 when Dr Nkrumah introduced free boarding in secondary schools and higher institutions in the North. When President Ma ...
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  • Augustina Quayson 1 year ago

    Please Pepenyi Mfantse if you care to know the North has enjoyed free boarding in SHS since 1951 when Dr Nkrumah introduced free boarding in secondary schools and higher institutions in the North. When President Ma ...
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  • Nii Ayittey 1 year ago

    The incoming finance minister should be talking about immediately abolishing betting tax, e- levy and all the remaining nuisance taxes . That is what we want to hear.

  • Pepenyi Mfantse 1 year ago

    My dear brother Quayson I think you misunderstood me it is because the North have benefited a lot from SHS free since from the Nkrumah time till now that is why the free SHS from Npp was one of most greatest policy ever imple ...
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  • HE IS RIGHT 1 year ago

    There’s no country in the world where food are served for free. We want free day SHS so the government can use the money that the matrons are stealing for projects and if you can’t pay for your child boarding fees there ...
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  • Don G 1 year ago

    Seth Terkper be careful or else one of the dept. under ORAL will chase you out of this country.Do you know how we suffered before bringing Mahama to power & you are here talking bullshit.Let Mahama decide not you.

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  • Paddi 1 year ago

    I support Seth Terkper. If you want your ward to get free education, they should be only day student. If a parent can pay ghc.12000 to get her child to go to grade A school, why can't he pay for the fees?

  • SETH TERKPER STARTING NDC DOWNFALL IN 2028. 1 year ago

    Will NDC start. This way. Ok voters are waiting for you n.

  • SHAOLIN 1 year ago

    GHANAIANS DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE MAIN REASON OF THE CANCELLATION OF THE NURSES AND TEACHER TRAINEES' ALLOWANCE, AND BEFORE THAT COULD BE EXPLAINED BY THE NDC, NPP TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT AND USE IT AS THEIR MAIN CAMPAINGN PROPAG ...
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  • Kwame 1 year ago

    He's saying the truth. I am also NDC youth and I voted for JM. Boarding students should pay for accommodations and feeding (breakfast and dinner). Lunch should be made free for every student.

  • Peeved 1 year ago

    Seth Tekper is spot on. Free SHS even in the developed countries applly only to Day schools. The state does not pay for boarding. Akuffo Addo should have restricted the policy to Day schools. NDC should just do that for the p ...
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  • .com 1 year ago

    Votarians are enjoying free shs than any other region,if not wrong ,and therefore can not let go of it but they are not ready to vote for NPP to power,the party that made it a policy for the enjoyment of it.

  • NDC/NPP are both the same 1 year ago

    You are not the finance minister and secondly whats your locus in the new government and you go about granting and saying fooolish things to catch the eye of the president elect after you took the country to imf

  • Agoro K3t3 1 year ago

    This man has lost touch with the grounds for quite too long. It started when he was the finance minister.

  • Kwame 1 year ago

    The youth because don't read are unaware that free education from the primary to Phd. level started in Ghana in 1964. It was Professor Kofi Busia who started attacking free education and John Rawlings nailed it in the coffin.

  • Meme 1 year ago

    Seth made an intelligent proposal. You wait and see.

  • Harry 1 year ago

    Why should you compare European education to Ghana.WARNING to NDC if they dare to scrap or touch this free shs without thinking twice they should forget future elections. People like Seth Tekper were lucky that they are livin ...
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  • Uncle Pee 1 year ago

    Touch FSHS and that will be the end of NDC.

  • Ghanaman 11 months ago

    Dumso and free SHS policies will create big problems for John Mahama