Prof. Smart Sarpong, a senior lecturer at Kumasi Technical University, foresees a potential bedbug infestation in public universities if the National Democratic Congress (NDC) implements its 'No Academic Fee Policy' for first-year students upon assuming power in 2025. The academic was speaking in an apparent reference to claims made by some leading members of the opposition NDC party in 2018 following the implementation of the Free SHS policy.   "In 2018, NDC flagbearer John Mahama called on President Akufo-Addo to fumigate dormitories in senior high schools across the country, citing complaints from students about bedbug bites caused by congestion resulting from the free SHS policy. He made the call at Ada in the Greater Accra region while addressing party members and sympathisers as part of his campaign tour.   "Now, because of the congestion, children are complaining about bed bugs. I have met some SHS students, and they show me their skin that has been bitten by bedbugs.   "I call on the government that at least, if the dormitories are congested, it should just fumigate the dormitories so that the children could be free from these bed bugs," Mahama pleaded.   Commenting on the NDC's planned 'No Academic Fee Policy' in a panel discussion on Peace FM on Friday, August 16, 2024, Prof.