Professor of Political Science, Ransford Gyampo Given the fact that some students are unable to pay for their admission fees at the universities, the 'no academic fees for level 100 students'  promise by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama will help those needy but brilliant students, a professor at the University of Ghana Ransford Gyampo has said. Prof Gyampo says that initially when he heard about the policy announcement he was worried because he thought it would take away the sources of revenue for the universities to run their operations vis-a-vis the dwindling of the government subventions. However, he said, the assurance by Mr Mahama that government subventions to the universities will be increased and released timely settles the doubt in his mind. "In a way, I may be tempted to agree with him given what I have seen, we pay fees for people, " he said on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, August 17. He added "My heartbeat beating because in a way he is taking out a huge chunk of money from the universities to cater for other expenses. "Over the years govt subventions to universities have dwindled, to the point that money can only pay salaries but universities and it's running here beyond paying salaries, there should be money to pay for light bills, and water bills. " Mr Mahama while explaining the policy proposal said that the 'no academic fees for level 100 students' initiative will cost between 270 million and 290 million Cedis. He assured Ghanaians that his administration would raise money to fund this project.