The Ranking Member on Parliament's Education Committee says claims by the Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh that the Mahama government did not buy textbooks for schools are untrue.

Peter Nortsu-Kotoe in an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story Tuesday said the accusations by the sector Minister only exhibit that he has been ill-informed about the achievements of the previous government in Ghana’s educational system.

“It is an unfortunate information by the Education Minister. I am sure he made such accusation because they [government] had neglected the basic level completely.

“If they are equally focused on the basic level as well, they would have known that during the tenure of Prof Jane Opoku Agyemang [who was then the Education Minister] much was archived as far as the distribution of textbooks was concerned,” he stated.

His comments come after the Education Minister, in a statement to Parliament today, accused the John Mahama administration of failing to make the necessary investment in Ghana’s education sector including neglecting to furnish schools with textbooks.

“They continue to make promise about education but let me tell them [NDC], that during their eight years in government, they never bought a single textbook whether core or elective for any secondary school in Ghana,” Dr Prempeh told Parliament.

For Dr Prempeh, governing New Patriotic Party [NPP] has delivered on manifesto promise to transform education sector.

But Mr Nortsu-Kotoe was of different perspective.

According to him, the so-called textbooks the Akufo-Addo government distributed were procured by the Mahama administration before leaving office.

He then advised that government should desist from playing the blame game and focus on improving the education for the common good of the people.

“You must accept the liability of your predecessor and also acknowledge the successful jobs of your predecessor to balance the equation. It shouldn’t always be about blaming.”