Former President John Mahama has said the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) invented the Free Senior High School programme and poised to make it better in his next government, should he win the 7 December 2020 polls.

“Free SHS is here to stay”, Mr Mahama wrote on his Facebook page, adding: “We invented it, and now we’re going to make it even better”.

Meanwhile, President Nana Akufo-Addo has described Mr Mahama’s assertion as a lie.

The President said he was shocked at the claim by the presidential candidate of the NDC that he started the Free Senior High School programme in 2015.

In a response to that, President Akufo-Addo told supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Odorkor Lorry station on Wednesday, 25 November 2020 that Mr Mahama’s claim was a shocker.

“I heard something yesterday that surprised me: the former President stated that my promise to start the free SHS policy was false and just a ploy to deceive Ghanaians.

“He was strongly against the policy and stated that if he had the money to implement that policy, he would use it for something else.

“He also said it will take Ghana years to implement it but now he is saying he started the Free SHS, and it’s surprising.”

“It is unfair for the former President to try to become President using deception and lies.

“He has seen that his campaign is collapsing in confusion and fabrications, and so he is now using outright lies to try and amass votes”, the President said.