{"id":5744,"date":"2019-11-02T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2019-11-02T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T11:28:52","slug":"government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador","title":{"rendered":"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Responding to a video circulating on social media purporting to be of a person carrying himself as Free SHS Ambassador and addressing SHS students, the Ministry indicated in a statement signed by its Communications Director, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, that it has also taken notice of a statement by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n

The NDC had alleged that government was using a dishonest means to campaign in Senior High School nationwide.<\/p>\n

It said persons who brand themselves as Free SHS ambassadors were going to schools purposely to campaign for the government ahead of the 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n

NDC\u2019s Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, in a communique, argued that the party has seen a video which backs its claim.<\/p>\n

The opposition party said in its communique that \u201cIn that video, the gentleman who is clad in a T-shirt with the inscription \u201cFree SHS Ambassador\u201d boldly embossed on it, could be heard indoctrinating a gathering of young SHS students to campaign to their colleagues and parents to vote for President Akufo-Addo in the 2020 General Elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

It added that the NDC was aware the alleged campaign activity has the \u201capproval and support of the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service (GES).\u201d<\/p>\n

But the Education Ministry says it was conducting investigations to ascertain the facts surrounding the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo. Responding to a video circulating on social media purporting to be of a person carrying himself as Free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":5745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[1838,3843,3842,3841],"class_list":["post-5744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ghana-education-service-ges","tag-government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador","tag-government-of-president-nana-akufo-addo","tag-ministry-of-education"],"yoast_head":"\nGovernment disowns Free SHS ambassador - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-02T11:28:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"313\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"francis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"francis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"francis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca\"},\"headline\":\"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-02T11:28:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador\"},\"wordCount\":257,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ghana Education Service (GES)\",\"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador\",\"Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo\",\"Ministry of Education\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador\",\"name\":\"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-02T11:28:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca\"},\"description\":\"The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg\",\"width\":470,\"height\":313},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca\",\"name\":\"francis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5825247c72c50a92c8cca0f4e845964479ca0e217d1e4efbfa9286794b27e7b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5825247c72c50a92c8cca0f4e845964479ca0e217d1e4efbfa9286794b27e7b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"francis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador - Ghana","description":"The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador","og_description":"The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2019-11-02T11:28:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":470,"height":313,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"francis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"francis","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador"},"author":{"name":"francis","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca"},"headline":"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador","datePublished":"2019-11-02T11:28:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador"},"wordCount":257,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg","keywords":["Ghana Education Service (GES)","Government disowns Free SHS ambassador","Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo","Ministry of Education"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador","name":"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-02T11:28:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca"},"description":"The Ministry of Education says it has not appointed or mandated any person or persons as Free SHS Ambassadors to go round Senior High Schools in the country to campaign for the Government of President Nana Akufo-Addo.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/11\/350488908_111714-1.jpg","width":470,"height":313},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/government-disowns-free-shs-ambassador#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government disowns Free SHS ambassador"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca","name":"francis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5825247c72c50a92c8cca0f4e845964479ca0e217d1e4efbfa9286794b27e7b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5825247c72c50a92c8cca0f4e845964479ca0e217d1e4efbfa9286794b27e7b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"francis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}