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
The minority members in parliament have asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to come clean on whether his government intends to use proceeds from the reserved oil revenue to finance its much touted free senior high school programme. According to the MPs, there is “total confusion” on the issue considering the conflicting statements made by … Read more
A Member of Parliament for Bibiani-Anhweaso-Bekwai, Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu has described as premature criticisms about government’s decision to reserved oil revenue known as Heritage Fund to finance its free Senior High School (SHS) policy. In his view, the Akufo-Addo led government should be given the opportunity to explain how it intends to utilise the funds before … Read more
Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu says government’s decision to tap into reserved oil revenue known as Heritage Fund to finance its free senior high school (SHS) policy would be fatal for Ghana’s future. He said the use of the Fund, which is nine percent of Ghana’s oil revenue, might compromise the safety of the country because … Read more