Former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has responded to claims made by Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, Â that the erstwhile Mahama administration is taking undue credit for the construction of Kwabenya Community Senior High School(SHS) in her constituency.
In a video circulating on social media, the Kwabenya lawmaker, bashed the NDC over the project, saying it was laughable that the NDC is taking credit for the facility when it was rather her intervention that resulted in the securing of a World Bank facility to build the school.
However, in a sharp response Mr. Ablakwa gave a chronological account of how the former administration embarked on the program to construct 123 Community Day SHSs  under the stewardship of President Mahama.
The North Tongu MP in a statement said “President John Dramani Mahama approached the World Bank to support his vision for Secondary Education in Ghana. This proposal received favourable response with Minister of Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang led a delegation... to the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States of America to negotiate a $156 million facility for what became known as the Ghana Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP)."
He added that when the former government was ready to construct the schools, it was established that,  there were 23 Districts in Ghana without a Senior High School and this included Ga East Municipal which hosts the Dome/Kwabenya constituency. Therefore a clear, objective and fair criterion was pursued by the NDC Government in selecting beneficiary Districts. Â
He also emphasized that former President Mahama was President for all of Ghana including the Dome/Kwabenya constituency andnot just NDC strongholds.Â
Mr. Ablakwa admonished his fellow MP, Â Sarah Adwoa Safo to learn to give credit where it is due.
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