Tag Archives: FLAGSHIP

The 2021 Auditor-General’s report has indicated that all government flagship programmes cost the country over GH¢9 billion. Some of these programmes include, the most talked about Free SHS policy, NaBCO, National Identification Programme, One District One Factory (1D1F), COVID-19 Activity and Vaccine, National Cathedral project. The Auditor-General’s report indicated that …

The former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has questioned why the government is still insisting on maintaining flagship programs despite running to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout. According to him, the government’s mid-year budget review was emphatic that the flagship programs will not change adding that the current …

The Ministry of Finance says government flagship programmes like the free SHS policy, Agenda 111 among others, will not be scrapped following government’s decision to seek an IMF bailout. The Ministry says government will ensure that pro-poor policies are not affected by the IMF conditionalities. Government last Friday announced plans …

Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, has said current economic crisis should not form a basis for the government to review flagship programs. In a series of tweets, Cudjoe decried the government’s failure to conduct value for money and cost-benefit analyses for …