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Minority Leader
March 25, 2022
In the wake of Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta pointing out that nothing would change when it comes to the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy in the wake of measures government is taking to deal with the distressed Ghanaian economy.
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu is calling for a national conversation on the future of the country’s education, “we have cause to believe we are investing in literacy and numeracy and not human capital. It is only in Ghana that at the basic level everybody passes, that cannot be competitive, that cannot make our product competitive in the world tomorrow”.
The Minority Leaders comment is in reaction to the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta’s disclosure in the wake of measures government is taking to deal with the distressed Ghanaian economy that nothing would change when it comes to the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy.
Addressing members of the Parliamentary Press Corps (PPC) on Thursday, March 24, 2022 after adjournment; and in response to the finance Minister’s address to the nation, the Tamale South lawmaker further called for re-introduction of the toll booth collection that has been suspended.
“If you have the mandate to govern you can’t just do as you please, nowhere in the world would you travel and not see functional toll booth the state has lost a significant amount of money arising out of it. We, think it is only proper it is re-introduced and probably adjusted so that we can get in the needed revenue and use it as a vehicle to promote public-private partnership in the development of our road infrastructure and other infrastructure need”.
Mr. Iddrisu in addition noted that the measures announced by the Finance Minister at his Thursday, address does not respond to a country in debt distresses. “Our debt is simply not sustainable we are told an additional forty five billion have been added to our interest payment for the first quarter”.
He further questioned where the Minister would be raising that money, even with an expenditure cut of 31 billion Ghana cedis, he already has a deficit of not less than 6.9 billion; he must come properly.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com