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The Akufo-Addo-led administration just ended a quarterly Cabinet retreat for 2022 held at the Peduase Lodge in Aburi.

At the retreat, President Akufo-Addo "approved a number of far-reaching measures aimed at mitigating the depreciation of the Cedi, ensuring expenditure discipline, and providing relief in the face of global fuel price hikes and inflation as well as ensuring that priority programmes meant to grow the economy are protected" according to Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.

Far-reaching measures

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah speaking in an interview on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' outlined some of the measures the ruling government will be announcing in the coming days.

Government's flagship programmes

Some persons have called for the review of government's flagship programmes, especially the free SHS policy.

Renowned Journalist, Kwami Sefa Kayi has suggested that government can make the tuition free and charge those at boarding houses.

According to him, "I don't understand why after 4 or 5 years of free SHS, it has not been reviewed . . . How can someone who attends Achimota (for instance) and parents stay at East Legon or airport be made not to pay school fees? How? We can make tuition free but charge those at boarding houses. All I'm asking is, it's been five years let's do a review . . . My opinion is; pay for tuition, exam fee, library fee etc but those who want boarding school must pay". 

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says government has decided to take a second look at “all the 16 flagship programmes; not only the Free SHS policy. We need to take a second look at it at the same time protecting the policies".