National Communication Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has said in an interview that they will make the lives of teachers and nurses better when power is given back to the party. According to Sammy Gyamfi in the interview MyNewGh.com monitored, the NDC will maintain payment of the teachers’and nurse’s trainee allowance when voted into power.
Speaking with Happy FM, on ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show disclosed that the party is now willing to maintain the teachers’ training allowance as they have realized that it is what Ghanaians want. “President Mahama will respect allowance maintenance. We have decided not to argue with the voter. We replaced it with student loans but if they want the allowance restored we will respect that”, he told the host Kwame Afrifa Mensah.
He added that when the NDC comes into power, the issue of nurse’s and teacher’s unemployment will be a thing of the past. “We will make nurses and teachers better and wipe out unemployment we will restore their allowance if only they want that,” he added.
Ex-president John Dramani Mahama in 2016 stated that he will not restore teacher trainee allowance even if it will cost him the 2016 presidential election. The ex-president lost the 2016 elections to his opponent, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. John Dramani Mahama strongly defended the withdrawal of the teacher trainee allowance stating that it will be better to win on principle than win using falsehood.
On September 7th 2016, John Dramani Mahama tweeted; “On the matter of trainee teacher allowances, better to lose on principle than win using falsehood. We’ll not reverse the decision. #UCC Forum”.
Source: MyNewsGh
