Government has taken a swipe at the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo Addo\u00a0\u00a0 for condemning its approach in converting Polytechnics into Technical Universities.<\/p>\n
Nana Addo, addressing students at the Cape\u00a0 Coast\u00a0 Polytechnic during his\u00a0 Central regional tour, slammed the National Democratic Congress (NDC)\u00a0 administration\u00a0 for adopting what he calls a piecemeal approach\u00a0 in the\u00a0 conversion, and promised\u00a0 to convert all 10 Polytechnics into Technical Universities if he is elected President.<\/p>\n
However in a statement, a Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwah said Nana Addo is being disingenuous.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems strange that Nana Addo is the only Ghanaian claiming not to know that the vision and agenda of President Mahama is to convert all ten polytechnics into technical universities. Unfortunately for Nana Addo, incontrovertible evidence abounds pointing to the fact that President Mahama has consistently indicated that all ten polytechnics will be converted.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is worth noting that Nana Addo\u2019s attack on what he calls a piecemeal approach is an attack on experts and stakeholders in higher education who unanimously recommended to government to avoid a wholesale conversion in order not to compromise the integrity of the conversion process. Our conversion process has thus been guided by technical experts. Very sadly, Nana Addo\u2019s advisors continue to let him down,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
Nana Addo slams Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Nana Addo, government\u2019s decision to convert some polytechnics while neglecting others has created some challenges.<\/p>\n \u201cWe cannot do this policy piecemeal. Either you are doing it for everybody, or you are not doing it at all. We can\u2019t have a situation where some are picked and some are left out of the process. It is not a good idea. Let us make sure that all the polytechnics in our country, in each of the regions, have the same infrastructure and the same level of development. Then we can make the transition for all of them. But pick some and leave some out, then you are disadvantaging and destabilizing the ones that you have left out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything that John Mahama does, there is no proper preparation and there is no proper follow through of the idea\u201d, Nana Akufo-Addo assured the students of Cape Coast polytechnic that \u201cwhen we get the chance (in 2017), we are going to make sure we do all together as one,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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