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President John Dramani Mahama has declared he was appalled at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo�s recent promise of free healthcare for Ghanaians below 18.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer stated that the recent promise was already being implemented by the ruling government.
�I was very surprised that as the leader of a political party, he [Nana Addo] didn�t know that since 2009, an administrative directive was given that all children below the age of 18 were not supposed to pay any medical fees,� he said on his campaign tour in the Western Region.
�Parliament has amended the NHIA [National Health Insurance Authority] law so that children under 18 would not pay any fees when they go to the hospital.�
President Mahama further mentioned that because Nana Addo was in a haste to make vague political promises in order to get Ghanaians to vote for him, �he did not invest time to research on the matter.�
He, however, said he did not blame the main opposition leader but instead his [Nana Addo] advisors because, �they were supposed to do the research and tell him but since they were unable to, they have to be sacked.�
Source: Citifmonline
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