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 …
Read More »IMF programme won’t affect free SHS, other flagship programmes – Gov’t
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 …
Read More »VIDEO: How serial callers manage to call into radio programmes
Political talk shows or radio programmes in Ghana cannot end without a phone in segments where the audience or listeners are allowed to call in to either contribute to the discussion or make an intervention. Sometimes, when these callers manage to be on the air, their submissions are entirely different …
Read More »Absence of money should not be basis for ‘review’ of flagship programmes – IMANI
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 …
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