General News of Friday, 4 June 2021Source: starrfm.com.ghA deputy Finance Minister-designate, Abena Osei Asare, has justified the excessive borrowing of the Akufo-Addo led administration saying Ghana must continue to borrow to undertake projects. “We 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. We try as much as possible to borrow amounts of money that will serve our interest”, she said. Prior to the 2016 elections, then-candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia criticized the Mahama government over what they called excessive borrowing.

Source: GhanaWeb June 04, 2021 09:56 UTC