A retired educationist Mr. Robert Ajane has said, people of the north owe a lot to the catholic mission because, if not for the sake of the catholic mission people of the north wouldn’t have been educated to express themselves or even share their views on any national issues. “I don’t normally like to start blaming people, but I think it is the colonel government that created that problem. History tells us, that they came through the coast, settled in the south, set up schools and brought a lot of educational development in the south, and the northern territories were left untouched. After some time, the white man discovered that those they trained in the south some went abroad to obtain PhDs and came back and did not strictly obey the colonel masters. So, when they stepped up to the north, today I think it wasn’t a mistake they did that says, we have trained these people in the south and they are doing exactly what we are telling them. In any case, we have found cocoa, found gold and so for the north, we should have a different thing. Train them, they will provide the labour force for the south. Even then, they will not open schools all the north. The missionaries came and drove them away and I think the north owes a lot to the catholic mission, but for the catholic mission, I would have been so illiterate that I would not even be talking to you now. The catholic came forced, try to open the schools against the colonel government’s wish and succeeded in opening the schools. He narrated However, Mr. Ajane refuted the claim he benefited from Ghana’s free education in the past. According to the retired educationist who spoke to Apexnewsgh-tv during a One-on-One engagement at his residence, he said the free education he benefited from wasn’t a Ghana government money nor Gold coast government money because as of then, Ghana as a country wasn’t independent yet. However, he pointed that, it was his birthright to benefit from the 10 million pounds brought by the colonel government to accelerate development which will enable the north to bridge up the gap with the south in terms of development. “That free education was not Ghana government money or Gold coast government money yet, because we were not independent but, Colonel government money which was brought to accelerate development so that the north will bridge up”. He stressed “So, it was the birthright of any northerner including me. If you tell me Ajane, you enjoyed that free education, I would argue with you to the end, I would never agree with you, I would say that was my birthright. What the colonel government didn’t give me and gave to the south, that is what they gave to us. All we now want is, don’t let us quarrel over issues and somebody take a forensic audit to add to the supposed 10 million pounds that were left and see whether that money was exhausted and whether the money was used for which it was given”. “Fortunately, the government of Ghana sensitive and the welfare expert as they have been said, the budget is not finished. If this was the case, what can we do now? Even you insist it was free if is free for me, why don’t we legislate that all of us will have free? Fortunately, the government of the NPP came into power and brought about this free SHS. Some of us who were doubting Thomases said, it can’t happen and they looked at one area in which I don’t agree, that there is no infrastructure to take up more people who will be entering school. The English man said you can’t eat your cake and have it. Where in this country, and what was the period, that when they wanted to build a secondary, they finish building the secondary and opened it? Even our Universities, Legon started from Achimota college, if they wanted to have a university, he didn’t put up a university there. So, people saying Infrastructure I don’t agree with them. We have to start somewhere. As it is, haven’t we succeeded? Mr. Ajane asked Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093