Gov't needs to borrow to keep Free SHS running and construct roads – Deputy Finance Minister-designate

June 4, 2021 11:21 AM

"We [Government] need to continue with the Free SHS, we need to continue the road construction. We need to continue with the Ghana CARES, we need to continue with the infrastructure the people want to have. So in this situation, what do you do? We try as much as possible to borrow amounts of money that will serve our interest," the Deputy Minister-designate of Finance Abena Osei Asare has said.

Abena Osei Asare

According to her, the excessive borrowing of the government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must continue to undertake developmental projects in the country.

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Abena Osei Asare made this known at the Appointments Committee of Parliament during her vetting on Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Although the mass introduction of the Free SHS policy was not a bad idea, its implementation was not well thought through and fell short of achieving the desired goals.

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