…The 90s passed away giving chance to the new millennium with Mr. John Agyekum Kufour of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) winning the 2000 elections.
In 2003, he signed into law Ghana’s much talked about Health Insurance Scheme replacing the “cash and carry” system of health delivery known to Ghanaians.
The law required all residents of Ghana to join one of the three schemes, namely, District Mutual Insurance Scheme, Private Mutual Insurance Scheme, and Private Commercial Health Insurance Scheme. That was exactly 10 years ago.
This ushers us into 2013 which promises to be very interesting in many spheres including the political front in Ghana. It shares a lot with 1993 in Ghana’s history.
To begin, this year is exactly 20 years when Flt Lt. Jerry John Rawlings(First John) from the National Democratic Congress(NDC) became President after the country returned to constitutional rule in1992.
The Fourth Republic was inaugurated on January 7, 1993. The outcome of the 1992 elections was seriously contested by the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) which had Adu Boahen as its Presidential candidate.
The NPP being dissatisfied with the result, wrote a book titled “The Stolen Verdict” which expressed their views on the 1992 elections.
One of the reasons the NPP thought they should have the elections was the fact that the country was returning from a military rule led by Flt. Lt J.J Rawlings after his 1981 coup which overthrew Dr. Hilla Limann’s government…
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