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The NDC (National Democratic Congress) never said [Free SHS ] was a bad idea,” the Member of Parliament for Builsa South opened his remarks on the policy and called on all to ensure its sustenance while contributing to a discussion on TV3’s New Day, Saturday. Dr. Clement Apaak who is a former presidential staffer noted that the main point of contention was the NDC’s adherence to a progressive implementation, which he claimed has been vindicated by the method adopted by the government to implement it. Government has not fully implemented the policy as it envisaged while in opposition when it…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sales agreement reached between the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and GAZPROM as “positive” and “one that is going to play a very important role in the economic life of Ghana.” According to President Akufo-Addo, the decision taken by GAZPROM, the world’s largest natural gas company, to establish a base in Ghana is testament to the efforts his government has put in place over the last 8 months to “try to put a better framework in place to encourage private sector participation in…

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made a proposal to government to levy tobacco and alcohol to fund the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). According to the Authority, the proposal is one of the options of finding additional sources of funding to sustain the NHIS policy, since the 2.5 per cent NHIS levy collected under the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the 2.5 percentage Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributions appears to be adequate. Dr Samuel Annor, Chief Executive Officer of the NHIA made this known when he appeared before Public Account Committee (PAC) to respond to…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to reach the country’s nuclear goals, according to state media. The aim was to establish “equilibrium” of military force with the US, the KCNA news agency quoted him as saying. Mr Kim’s comments come after North Korea fired its latest missile over Japan – in what is being described as the country’s farthest-reaching test. The move split world powers who united behind new UN sanctions against North Korea just days ago. “We should clearly show the big power chauvinists how our state attain the goal of completing its nuclear force despite their limitless…

The inability the country’s graduates to creatively manufacture products calls for a review of teaching models and methods at the tertiary level, says Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation. He has described as unacceptable the situation where almost every product is imported whilst the 130 universities in the country churn out graduates who should be driving product development. “We have about 130 universities in the country and if we are still having problems with the things that we do to build our industries and also keep importing everything in the country, then there must be…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has clarified his statement suggesting it will be impossible for the National Democratic Congress to win back power from the New Patriotic Party in the 2020 general elections. Speaking exclusively on TV3’s News360 Friday evening, the former President said he would wish that the NDC, a party he founded, wins the next general elections in 2020 but questioned the readiness of the party. “Let me simply say, that I will very much want to see the NPP beaten but do we have what it takes? Do we have the capacity to be able to wrestle…

One hundred and eight Ghanaians deported from Benin have arrived in the Central Region where they are being screened. The deportees, made up of children and women, were received Thursday at Esuohyia in the Central Region by officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) who are screening them.The Ghanaians were deported following the takeover of their residence by the Beninoise government for the construction of a habour. Regional Public Relations Officer of NADMO, Mr Eric Arthur, told Onua FM Friday that the deportees are being taking through registration and screening before they are dispatched to their respective communities across…

A total of 24 inmates at the Kumasi Central Prison have tested positive for HIV, the Ashanti Regional Prisons Commander, DDP Lord Nii Boye Tagoe has revealed. He said considering the mode of transmission, the inmates contracted the disease before they came to the Prison especially so as they are barely six months there. “From indications, they are from outside. They are less than six months when we tested them and they are positive. To follow the HIV mode of transmission, it is not from here,” he revealed Friday. He said this when the Member of Parliament for Subin, Eugene…

One more person has been arrested at Elubo in the Western Region in connection with the gruesome murder major Maxwell Adams Mahama at Denkyira-Obuasi. Emmanuel Baiden, a brick layer from the Central Regional town, was arraigned on charges of conspiracy and murder before the Accra Central District Court Friday. His plea has been deferred by court presided over by Walanyo Kotoku, and the case adjourned to September 25. READ: Ask God for forgiveness, not me – Maj. Mahama’s father tells killers That was after police prosecutors, led by DSP George Amegah, told the court that investigations were still ongoing in…

Obviously, the biggest news that has generated the most headlines this week has been the Free Senior High School programme, rolled out by the Akufo-Addo-led government on Tuesday. The Free SHS, which was one of the major programmes promised Ghanaians by the New Patriotic Party ahead of the 2016 general elections, has seen fresh SHS students enjoying free education at the various public SHS across the country. It was one audacious programme that critics of the NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo cast doubt over its successful implementation. At the NPP’s National Delegates Conference in Cape Coast on August 26, 2017, our…