Former Deputy Finance Minister, Mona Helen Quartey has cautioned the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to think through the free senior high school (SHS) programme before implementing it. She said the “bold endeavour” of government might fail if it is hastily executed without a clearly thought-out plan to sustain the social intervention programme. Contributing on … Read more
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the Akufo-Addo government has ample resources to bankroll its Free Senior High School policy without needing to touch the Heritage Fund. “We are financing the Free SHS education without looking at the Heritage Fund. We are not touching the Heritage Fund. I think we have enough resources from our … Read more
Legislators of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will resist every attempt by the Akufo-Addo government to implement social intervention programmes such as Free Senior High School because fulfilling that policy and others will keep the party in opposition for a long time, Matthew Nyindam, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpandai and First Deputy Majority Chief … Read more
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Akufo-Addo government has no intention of touching the Heritage Fund to bankroll the Free Senior High School policy. “We are not going to touch the Heritage Fund to be able to support the free SHS education,” Ofori-Atta told Accra-based Joy FM. Mr Ofori-Atta’s clarification follows a comment by … Read more
The Minority caucus in parliament has described the decision by the government to resort to the Heritage Fund to sponsor its flagship campaign promise of Free Senior High School (SHS) “lazy”. The Minority, led by the immediate past Deputy Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson, has described the move by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) … Read more
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP on Parliament’s Finance Committee says government has not taken any definite decision to use the Heritage Fund to finance the free senior high school (SHS) policy. Kwaku Kwarteng said government’s ways of funding its flagship programme would be communicated to Ghanaians in its 2017 budget statement scheduled to be … Read more
The minority in parliament has said it will fiercely resist any attempt by government to finance its free SHS policy with the Heritage fund. According to the minority, the decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to resort to the Heritage fund for the education policy exposes its lack of resource ideas. Section 10 of the Petroleum … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has said it will resist the use of the Ghana Heritage Fund to bankroll the Akufo-Addo government’s Free Senior High School programme scheduled to start in September this year. “We join the overwhelming majority of Ghanaians and civil society groups to register our strongest disapproval and objection to this idea. We … Read more
The majority caucus in Parliament has described as unethical and dangerous the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) justification of the GH¢7 billion expenditure which the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, said had not been disclosed by the previous administration. The NDC caucus in Parliament, in dismissing the Vice-President’s claims, explained that the amount in question was the … Read more
The Majority NPP Caucus has described as dangerous attempts by the Minority NDC to discredit the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s claim of a missing GHC7million from the government’s treasury. In their view, if they are to go by the explanations churned out by the Minority to refute Dr. Bawumia’s claim, they can only conclude … Read more
Minority Caucus in Parliament has sounded caution to Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to “stop the lies and get back to work in order to redeem the mountain of promises made to Ghanaians during the 2016 electioneering campaign”. According to the Minority Caucus, Dr Bawumia must wake up from his campaign mood and face reality … Read more
MINORITY Caucus in Parliament has sounded caution to Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to “stop the lies and get back to work in order to redeem the mountain of promises made to Ghanaians during the 2016 electioneering campaign”. According to the Minority Caucus, Dr Bawumia must wake up from his campaign mood and face reality … Read more
The Majority in Parliament says Ghana may be fined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for wrong figures provided by the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. The caucus says its investigations have revealed that the country overspent its 2016 budget contrary to claims by the immediate past president, John Mahama, that the country will … Read more
The Majority in Parliament have supported claims by the Vice President that a whopping 7 billion cedis was not accounted for by the erstwhile John Mahama led National Democratic Congress. They suspect, the details of the 7 billion cedis were hidden from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the country struggles to meet targets set … Read more
A Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo, has described as a sham claims of a hidden GHC 7 billion expenditure by the previous government, by vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to him, the claims are nothing, but deliberate attempts to bait the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to soften its loan access mechanisms towards … Read more
A Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo, has described as a sham claims of a hidden GHC 7 billion expenditure by the previous government, by vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to him, the claims are nothing, but deliberate attempts to bait the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to soften its loan access mechanisms towards … Read more
Having had unsuspecting Ghanaians buy into his lofty promises and sometimes, outright fabrications about the erstwhile Mahama government which led to his resounding victory in last December election, President Nana Akufo-Addo is reported having sleepless nights over how to redeem his mouth-watering pledges. President Akufo-Addo, The aL-hAJJ gathered, is also fretting over his government’s relationship … Read more
Former Deputy Finance Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Cassiel Ato Baah Forson has debunk claims that the past National Democratic Congress (NDC) government left behind a ‘very bad economy’ with debt to GDP rate hovering around 72 percent. According to Cassiel Ato Forson, the NDC left behind a very robust economy insisting that if … Read more
MP for the Lawra Constituency in the Upper West Region Anthony Karbo is to become the Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Kasapafmonline.com can confirm. Privileged information available to Kasapafmonline.com suggests that barring any last minute change of heart and mind, the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will announce him for the position. He reports … Read more
Ghana has signed a 7.84 million Euros mixed credit facility agreement with the Nordea Bank of Denmark for the establishment of an Environmental Monitoring Laboratory at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT). The Environmental Monitoring Laboratory is to promote teaching and research for the UMaT and the establishment of an Environmental and Safety Engineering … Read more