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Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has said that Ghanaians cannot wait any longer to for fee free education from the basic level through senior high school.The NPP administration under President Kufuor introduced capitation grants, which cover a portion of school fees at the basic level.“How many privileged children proceed to senior high school after completing JHS?” he asked.“That is the reason why every Ghanaian child must benefit from a free senior high school education now,” adding, “this election is about the future of our little children.”The former President was addressing a massive regional rally in the twin cities of Secondi-Takoradi on Saturday to finish off the tour of the region by NPP flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ahead of the December 7 elections.This is the party’s second regional rally after a similar one in Dodze, Volta region.Even though the rally was billed for late afternoon, hundreds of supporters of the party had assembled at the Jubilee Park rally ground by 9 am, filling the air with honks and shrieks of vuvuzelas and party-branded whistles.It seemed that much of Secondi-Takoradi was painted in red, white and blue, the party colours of the NPP.
For his part, Nana Akufo-Addo promised to use revenue from the many resources abundant in the Western region to develop Secondi-Takoradi into “the oil and gas hub for Ghana” and the whole of West Africa. He added that if given the nod, his administration would invest the oil revenue in the future of the children of Ghana.
The Presidential candidate, who spent the morning worshipping with members of the Church of Pentecost, also attended the burial of Ato Quainoo, the late Parliamentary candidate for the Ejumako Enyam-Essia constituency.
He later joined former President Kufuor, who also attended the funeral of the late Paramount Chief of Esikado. The arrival of the campaign convoy at the Jubilee Park threw the crowd in ecstasy.
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