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NDC MPs keep heat on Akufo-Addo over source of funding for free SHS

Abu Mubarik

The latest heat on government the NDC MPs follows contradictory position by the Senior Minister and the Finance Minister over the source funding for the Free SHS programme.

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The latest pressure on the government from the NDC MPs follows contradictory position by the Senior Minister and the Finance Minister over the source funding for the Free SHS programme.

While the Senior Minister suggested last week that the Heritage Fund could be used to finance the programme, the Finance Minister said it will not be touched, adding he is looking at over envelop available to the government to finance the programme.

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In an interview with Citi FM, Deputy Minority Leader James Avedze called on the president to clarify where the funding for the free SHS is coming from since his ministers are giving contradictory positions.

"The one who is the head of this new administration [must] come out and say the correct position of the administration, Mr Avedzi said. "That will rest the matter if government is actually going to use the money in the heritage fund to finance the free SHS."

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Mr Avedzi further stressed the need for government to let Ghanaians know the source of funding for the free SHS, adding that "his top two ministers are contradicting themselves. Who are we to believe?"

Abu Mubarik Abu Mubarik Abu Mubarik is a writer at Pulse Ghana with special interests in Ghana politics, international relations and geopolitics.

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