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President Mahama: I’d Rather Lose the Election than Restore Teacher Trainee Allowance

President-John Mahama
President-John Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama says he’s a man of principles, at least on this particular issue and therefore he would rather lose the upcoming elections than to restore the scrapped teacher trainee allowance.
Mahama says his opponents are playing a dirty political game with the teacher trainee allowance issue and for him, he’s just going to do what’s good for Ghana even if it will cost him a win.
According to Mahama, the decision to scrap the allowance was carefully thought out and is in the larger interest of the students.
“I believe this is equitable, it is a matter of social justice, and it opens more opportunities to young Ghanaians who want to change the profession,” he said.
He added: For partisan politics purposes you have your political opponent come and say when we come back we will restore trainee allowances to colleges of education. For me it is better to lose the election on principle than win it on falsehood.”
President Mahama made the above statements when he addressed students and faculty heads of the University of Cape Coast in the Central Region as part of his campaign tour ahead of the general election. And the statement came after the Teacher Trainee Association of Ghana (TTAG), the mother association of trainee teachers threatened to vote for the flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who has promised to restore the allowance when voted for.



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