General News of Saturday, 12 May 2018Source: Starrfmonline.comWe’re using oil money wisely to fund Free SHS – Akufo-AddoPresident Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the use of some of the country’s oil revenues to fund the Free Senior High School policy, which is guaranteeing all Ghanaian school-going school access to senior high school education, is most appropriate. According to President Akufo-Addo, “We are using some of the income from our oil revenue to fund the programme. This year, the Akufo-Addo government has announced that it will spend some GH¢453 million ($103 million) of the country’s oil revenue on funding Free SHS, more than double the amount spent last year on funding the policy. “Up till now, trade between African regions has remained low compared to other parts of the world. In 2000, intra-regional trade accounted for 10% of Africa’s total trade, and increased marginally to 11% in 2015.

Source: GhanaWeb May 12, 2018 08:15 UTC