THE long-standing agitation by some chiefs and people of the Western Region for the allocation of 10 percent of oil revenue has received a renewed sense of hope with the newly-appointed minister for...
State power transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) must not be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) as planned by the Akufo-Addo government, energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy...
By Frederick K. Kofi Tse “Our political class introduced something they call free education that is free indeed?free of knowledge. It is because they are so suspicious of those institutions that...
A former lecturer of the University of Ghana, Dr. Ebenezer Kofi Hayford is urging Ghanaians to fiercely resist moves by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, led by President Akufo-Addo to use...
Veteran journalist Kwaku Baako says the NPP government has a clear vision on how it intends to fund its free SHS campaign promised expected to cost GHC 3.6 billion annually. He said even before the...
The Akufo-Addo government has been urged not to shy away from imposing a tax to fund free education following a raging debate over the funding source for the 2016 campaign promise. A pro-social...
A member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, has called for a business plan for the state oil management company. Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)...
The Head of the Finance Department at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof Godfred Bokpin, has charged government to set priorities right to ensure that the country’s resources are...
The Minority in Parliament has impressed on President Nana Akufo-Addo to clarify if his New Patriotic Party government will be using the Heritage Fund to fund the Senior High School policy following...
The Minority in Parliament has impressed on President Nana Akufo-Addo to clarify if his New Patriotic Party government will be using the Heritage Fund to fund the Senior High School policy following...
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...
A civil society group in the oil sector has welcomed government’s decision not to use the Heritage Fund to finance its proposed free Senior High School programme. An endowment reserve, the Fund,...
For the past decade, one topical issue that has been exhaustively debated especially during the electioneering campaigns was “free SHS policy”. The then candidate (now president) rightfully...
This week, Ghanaians have been discussing an announcement by the government that free Senior High school education will begin in September of 2017. The debate has largely been whether it should be...
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...
Government will soon review the Petroleum Act to make it possible for it to use the Heritage Fund for key developmental projects, Senior Minister, Yaw OsafoMaafo has announced. According to the...
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...
The government must set up a Senior High School Fund that will become a permanent and sustainable source of funding for the Akufo-Addo government’s Free Senior High School, pressure group Alliance...
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...
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...
