MPs challenge proposal to spend $15M on Ghana Cards for children

Opposition lawmakers in Ghana’s parliament have stood up against a proposal by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to spend the sum of 200 million Ghana Cedis ($15.2 million) for the production of national ID cards (Ghana Cards) for children between six and 14 years of age.

My Joy Online reports that the idea was challenged by a lawmaker and former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, who urged the NHIS to focus on its primary mandate of settling claims …

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