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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said former President John Mahama has no credibility when it comes to issues on the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy implementation. President Akufo-Addo noted during the launch of the 2020 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Cape Coast on Saturday, August 22 that the former Ghanaian leader while in office said Free SHS would jeopardize Ghana’s education sector hence did not consider it worth implementing. However, in opposition, the president continues, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the Free SHS policy has come to stay…

The next Akufo-Addo government will construct a new harbour and also build an airport in Cape Coast, the Central Region capital, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. Dr Bawumia revealed this on Saturday August 22 during the unveiling of the New Patriotic Party’s manifesto document for the 2020 polls. He said the airport will further improve the tourist sites in the Region and also attract more investors into that part of the country. He said: “For the people of Cape Coast, I have good news for you. We are building a new harbour in Cape Coast and a new…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised that if re-elected in this year’s elections, tertiary students will no longer need to provide guarantors before accessing student loans. The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, said during the unveiling of the 2020 manifesto document of the NPP on Saturday, August 22 that students will only require to provide their national Identity Card to access the loans. He explained that currently, the status quo requires that students provide Social Security and National Security Trust (SSNIT) contributors as guarantors before that can access the loan. But, he said, many people are unwilling to put…

Former President John Agyekum Kuffuor has noted that there is no alternative to the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections. He said in a recorded video that was played during the unveiling of the party’s 2020 manifesto document on Saturday, August 22 in Cape Coast that the government has served Ghanaians well hence, there is no to need to change the administration in the elections. “We are launching this manifesto today to offer to Ghanaians that they should give or renew the authority of government to our government that has served so well…

A Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei Asare, has said during the unveiling of the New Patriotic Party’s 2020 manifesto Saturday, August 22 that the Akufo-Addo administration saved the entire  banking sector from nearly folding up. She pointed out that the deposits of over 14 million customers of banks were saved as result of the shrewd decision taken by the government and the Central Bank to clean up the sector. But for that decision, she said, the sector would have collapsed by now and further plunged the economy into several difficulties. The government spent GH¢29 billion to support the banking…

A Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Second Cycle Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said the decision Ghanaians will make on December 7 when they go to the polls have far-reaching ramifications for the future of the country especially its school children. He said a vote for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will mean a continuation of the good investments made in the country’s educational sector. Speaking during the unveiling of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2020 elections manifesto document on Saturday, August 22, the Bosomtwe Member of Parliament explained that huge investments have been made by President…

National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay has asked Ghanaians to once again vote massively for the governing party to enable it continue the good works being implemented. He said the government has over the past three-and-a-half years in office embarked on several development projects to grow the country. To that end, the mandate of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should be renewed in this year’s elections, he said. Speaking during the unveiling of the 2020 manifesto of the NPP in Cape Coast on Saturday, August 22, Mr Blay said: “We have tackled the economy, advanced good…

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to feel free to copy the content of the manifesto of the governing party ahead of this year’s elections. Mr Boadu, who was speaking at the unveiling of the 2020 manifesto document of the NPP on Saturday, August 22 in Cape Coast, said the NDC were waiting for the NPP to launch their document to enable them copy the ideas in it for theirs. He said: “We have launched our manifesto today. They are waiting for us to launch our manifesto so they…

Former President John Mahama has said he will legalise the use of motor bicycles for commercial purposes in any form if he wins this year’s elections. He said he recognises the benefits of the ‘Okada’ business to families in Ghana hence, the decision to have a second look at the law prohibiting such business. Mr Mahama said he will, however, regulate the trade properly. At the moment, Okada transport business is prohibited by the Ghana’s Road Traffic Regulations 2012 (L.I 2180). While addressing chiefs and people of Kpando in the Volta Region as part of his tour of the region,…

A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has described the yet-to-be launched manifesto of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a ‘419’ document. He said Ghanaians will receive the manifesto with a pinch of salt because the Akufo-Addo-led government has failed to honour its promises made ahead of the 2016 elections. The NPP will be launching the 2020 manifesto in Cape Coast in the Central Region on Saturday, August 22. But speaking to Johnnie Hughes on TV3’s New Day Friday, August 21, Mr Amaliba said the manifesto will offer no hope to…