The Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times, and others focused on the election of former
President John Dramani Mahama as the leader of the largest opposition party
ahead of the 2020 general elections.
The newspapers report that he is likely to give President Nana Akufo-Addo a run for
his money, following his experience in partisan politics and the fact that he ruled
the country from January July 2012 to January 2017.
The Business and Financial Times, for its part, says 400,000 prospective university
students are in stiff competition for 120,000 available slots.
The situation, according to the newspaper, was created by the merger of two senior
high school (SHS) year groups to sit for the West Africa Secondary Schools
Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in the year 2013, thereby bringing excessive
pressure on the available universities, that have the capacity to admit only 120,000
students per year.
The newspaper also estimates that with the implementation of the free SHS policy,
the numbers would go up further.