POLITICS

Ghana’s Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, and the CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Dr K K Sarpong, have saved Ghana over $1 billion in a new LNG transaction that will allow for the addition of up to 1,000MW to Ghana’s power supply. The new GNPC LNG deal, involving the world’s largest gas producer, Gazprom, is being hailed within the ...

The evening after launching the Free Senior High School programme, President Akufo-Addo received a surprise visit from some young female Ghanaian students who had made the country proud in far away Ukraine. They were students from the Mamfe Methodist Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region, who were raising the flag of Ghana high on the world stage. They ...

After weeks of rumours and speculations as to the reasons behind his resignation as deputy Agriculture Minister, William Quaitoo has opened up saying he did so to appease members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who were hurt by his utterances. The Former Agric Minister came under intense public attack after describing Northerners as ‘liars’ and ‘difficult’ people to deal ...

School Authorities of Aburi Senior High Technical School have begun refunding Gh¢45 collected as PTA dues and cost of other material items. According to the Headmaster of the School, Ebenezer Asiedu Acheampong, most infrastructure in the school were funded by the PTA which is currently funding a big Assembly Hall hence students were asked to pay GH¢10 PTA dues and ...

President Akufo Addo has revealed the source of funding for the free SHS policy, an issue which has been a major talking point of the Minority in Parliament. The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu at a news conference Monday questioned the sustainability of the policy, while demanding from government the source of funding. But speaking at the launch of the free ...

Vice President of IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil is predicting a possible increment in Value Added Tax to rake in funds to support the government’s Free Senior High School programme. For Ghanaians to support such a hike, the government must ensure the programme which was officially launched Tuesday, September 12, 2017, succeeds till the year 2020, Mr. Bentil has advised. The ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that a key component of the Free Senior High School policy must be the provision of quality education. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Government is collaborating with various partners to implement major programmes and interventions such as the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP), the expansion of physical infrastructure, and free ...

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu and former Deputy Minister of Education, has extolled the Akufo-Addo-led government for the implementation of the Free Senior High School programme. According to him, the programme is a tough initiative, for which reason the government must be commended. The Free SHS programme, which is the government’s flagship policy started on Monday, ...

President Akufo-Addo has revealed his government will resort to “proceeds from natural resources” to fund the free Senior High School policy. The policy is to ensure that every student eligible to enter second cycle institution gains admission with free meal and tuition. “To ensure that no child is denied access to secondary education, we are removing one of the biggest ...

President and Chairman of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) in the 2016 election has cautioned government against over politicisation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme. According to Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, this is to ensure the sustainability of the programme after the exit of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. More than eight years after it was publicised ...