{"id":353140,"date":"2017-09-13T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=353140"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:57:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:57:41","slug":"pnc-praises-nana-addo-for-implementing-free-shs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/pnc-praises-nana-addo-for-implementing-free-shs\/","title":{"rendered":"PNC praises Nana Addo for implementing Free SHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The People&#8217;s National Convention (PNC), has commended the government for coming through on its promise to provide free education at the Senior High School (SHS) level.<\/p>\n<p>The party stated that the Free SHS policy, which was launched on Tuesday by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will be of great help to both the beneficiary students and their parents.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ssDvGcfWN6wXFZfu22rNQC0mUJleAwdw&#8221;]&#8221;The People&#8217;s National Convention (PNC) wishes to congratulate the Akufo Addo-led government for making the Free Senior High School campaign pledge a reality,&#8221; a\u00a0statement from the party signed by its National Vice Chairman, Henry Haruna Asante said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a party that\u00a0believes\u00a0in social interventions for the benefit of the masses, the PNC supports this policy and hopes that it will help the youth whiles easing the financial hardship on parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The PNC\u00a0said they had planned to implement the policy themselves if they had been elected into office, adding that &#8220;almost all the governments that Ghana has experienced in this fourth republic&#8221; have\u00a0taken up at least one of their manifesto promises.<\/p>\n<p>The party urged the NPP Government to put the right structures in place to ensure that the Free SHS policy is sustained\u00a0over the years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Free SHS policy is in no doubt a major step in moving the nation forward. We therefore\u00a0expect that the appropriate structures will be made available to secure the continuity of this intervention,&#8221; the PNC statement added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Free-SHS-launch-56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-353014\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Free-SHS-launch-56.jpg\" alt=\"free-shs-launch-56\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;I was called a liar&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nana Addo spoke of the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/12\/i-was-called-liar-over-free-shs-promise-nana-addo\/\"><strong>criticism and ridicule<\/strong><\/a><\/span> he received from political opponents when he first talked about his plans to introduced the policy if elected.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, his opponents said\u00a0that it was a political gimmick which could only be possible in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I proposed this policy in 2008 many were those who said free SHS could not be done. 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