Eugene Boakye Antwi, former Member of Parliament for Subin constituency, has revealed that some party executives, especially constituency executives and regional officials, were selling Senior High School placements for higher prices.
According to him, such practices contributed to the party’s abysmal loss in the 2024 general elections.
“The issue came up that people are selling the SHS placement, and people reported it on the MPs’ platform, but the minister said he needed evidence.
“This is not an allegation. In Assin North they were selling the SHS placement slot, the same thing happened, and their treasurer was sacked. They said he had taken over GH¢500,000… In Hon. Kennedy Agyapong’s constituency, it happened, and they sacked him,” he said.
Speaking in an interview on Oyerepa FM on January 20, 2025, he explained that the issue had come up on the MPs’ platforms and was reported to the then minister of education Osei Yaw Adutwum, but he requested evidence before he could take action.
He alleged that a former constituency executive officer of Assin Central in the Central Region was dismissed for taking over GH¢500,000 for SHS placements.
“People were like, ‘Why should I vote for you to come to power, and if my child needs placement, I have to pay GH¢5,000?’ Before I became an MP in Subin, people were taking money, and I swore to end such things. Ask my constituency executives. I don’t know why a constituency officer and regional officer would sell slots to people.”
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