Government disburses GH¢2.7bn to GETFund, expenditure for Free SHS - MyJoyOnline
The Government has paid a total of GH¢ 2,710,227,947 to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) for January, February, March, and April this year.
Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority of Finance, announced this in a statement on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday.
The Minister said: “As earlier announced in the 2025 Budget, funding for the Free Senior High School Programme is now fully covered under the GETFund.
“Consequently, the challenges, including feeding, which previously impeded the smooth implementation of the programme, have been resolved”.
Additionally, he said, a total amount of GH¢2,033,469,607 had been disbursed to the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
“Notably, all transfers due to the National Health Insurance Fund for the period covering January to March 2025 have been paid,” he added.
The Minister stated that those disbursements was intended to enable the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to settle arrears owed to healthcare providers and to implement the Free Primary Healthcare and Ghana Medical Care Trust programme, otherwise known as ‘Mahama Care”.
“Rt. Hon. Speaker, these payments are a clear reflection of our commitment to meet all statutory obligations in our priority sectors,” Dr Forson added.
‘I’m pleased to report that under the leadership of President Mahama and the NDC, for the first time in several years, transfers to all other statutory funds have been made promptly and in full,” Dr Forson pointed out.
The Minister expressed the government’s commitment to ensure judicious utilisation of taxpayer’s money, saying: The era of reckless spending is over…we’ll not borrow recklessly, we’ll only spend when the money is available.”
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