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AGI backs proposed L.I to restrict strategic imports
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has backed the Trade Ministry’s Legislative Instrument on Export and Import Regulations, 2023, to restrict the importation of...
Three MPs were absent during 2024 budget approval but… – Majority
Majority Chief Whip, Frank Anoh-Dompreh, has revealed three of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) were absent during the 2024 budget...
2024 budget approved – Finance Minister
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said as far as he is concerned, Parliament has approved the 2024 budget statement.
He made this remark during a press briefing in Parliament....
Majority Leader takes on Speaker over 2024 budget approval
The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensa- Bonsu, has taken on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin over his conduct of the 2024 budget approval.
Addressing journalists after...
Kofi Adams exposes Majority over 2024 budget approval
Member of Parliament for Buem has said the Majority did not have their full number, hence their walkout during deliberations to approve the 2024 budget....
Deputy Finance Minister urges Parliament to approve 2024 budget on time
A Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei Asare, has urged Parliament not to delay the approval of the 2024 budget to ensure its timely...
Komenda Sugar Factory: KT Hammond drags Mahama’s officials to EOCO
Minister for Trade and Industry, K.T Hammond has referred former officials involved in the Komenda Sugar Factory project to Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO)...
Strategic Security Systems sets records straight on COCOBOD’s torch lights contract
Strategic Security Systems Int. Ltd. (3SIL) has refuted media reports alleging malfeasances in a contract awarded by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) for the...
Don’t restrict imports, reduce taxes – Importers and Exporters Association tells government
The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana is urging the government to withdraw the Legislative Instrument seeking to restrict the...
Speaker clears way for laying of import restriction L.I. on Thursday
Trade Minister, KT Hammond can lay the government's L.I. seeking to restrict the importation of selected products on Thursday, the Speaker has said.
The Minority...
Import Restriction Bill: GUTA sends strong message to Trade Minister
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), has expressed concerns about the Import Restrictions Bill, spearheaded by the Minister of Trade and Industry, KT...
Import Restriction Bill: Trade Minister not being honest – FABAG
The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) has accused the Trade Minister, Kobina Tahir (KT) Hammond of dishonesty after engagements on the proposed...
GES denies feeding SHS students with maggot-infested rice
The Director of Public Relations of GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo has refuted claims by the Minority spokesperson on Education in Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, that...
Import restrictions LI: Ursula Owusu, Speaker Bagbin clash in Parliament
The Minister of Communication and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, clashed with the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin during debate on the Legislative Instrument (LI)...
Bagbin to visit Akufo-Addo over witchcraft Bill
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has announced plans to visit President Akufo-Addo over the delay in assenting to the Criminal Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2023.
The...
Food prices drop, but consumers still overpaying due to middlemen – Agric Minister
The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Bryan Acheampong, says food prices in Ghana have drastically reduced within the last few months.
He...
Presidency reacts to claims of delaying assent to Witchcraft Bill
The Office of the President has refuted claims that President Akufo-Addo has declined to assent to the Criminal Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2023.
This follows...
GUTA’s proposal to gov’t over Import Restrictions Bill
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has called on the government to provide details and timelines for the implementation of the Import Restrictions...
How will I be corrupted by giving you the license to import strategic products?...
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond has downplayed suggestions that the strategic products legislative instrument (L.I) will induce corruption at the...
Right quantities of products will be imported to prevent shortage and inflation – K.T...
The Trade and Industry Minister, K.T. Hammond, has assured the populace that the proposed Legislative Instrument (LI) on Export and Import, specifically focusing on...
MP brings sanitary pads to Parliament
Deputy Minority Whip, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe took the 2024 budget debate to another level when she brought a sanitary pad and a piece of...
COCOSHE sends reminder to COCOBOD over mosquito, torch lights distribution
The Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Shea nut Farmers Association (COCOSHE) has called out the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) over the distribution of mosquito nets...
GUTA, 5 other groups petition parliament over import restriction bill
Six business groups including the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have petitioned Parliament to reject the Trade Ministry's proposed import restrictions bill.
The...
Haruna Iddrisu calls for increment in EC’s budgetary allocation
Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has called for an increment in the Electoral Commission (EC's) budgetary allocation of GH¢786 million, as...
Restricting imports the right way to go but the approach is problematic – Ricketts-Hagan
A former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, has expressed support for the introduction of the...
Tempers flare in Parliament over proposed import restrictions bill
Tensions ran high in Parliament on Friday, November 24, 2023, as the Minister for Trade and Industry, K.T. Hammond, and the Minority caucus clashed...
Anthony Joshua: Talks held over boxing match in Africa, says Eddie Hearn
Anthony Joshua could revisit the Rumble in the Jungle as part of an "iconic" bout around the 50th anniversary of the legendary fight, says...
2024 budget will equip security services to ensure peace – Defence Minister
The Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul said the 2024 Budget has made an adequate commitment to safeguarding the country's peace and security.
Mr Nitiwul...
One Village, One Dam policy could have reshaped agricultural landscape – Engineer
An Agriculture Engineer and lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr. Ransford Opoku Darko, has said the One Village One Dam (1D1V)...
Agbodza accuses NPP of foisting Bawumia on Ghanaians
Minority Chief Whip, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of trying to foist the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia,...
Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu fights claims he is campaigning to be Bawumia’s running mate
Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is refuting claims he is actively campaigning to be selected as running mate to Dr. Bawumia ahead of the 2024...
Gov’t pushing for law to ban import of ‘yemuadie’, rice, others without committee approval
The government is pushing to establish a regulation that will restrict the importation of what they call strategic products.
This development is set to take...
Government will operationalize Mahama’s E-block schools – Adutwum
The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has appealed for a 3rd term for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) put all E-block projects...
Religious bloc of Parliament driving Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ agenda – CDD Fellow
A Senior Programmes Officer, Human Rights and Social Inclusion at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michael Augustus Akagbor, has stated that the religious...
Claims that 2024 budget is useless unfounded – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the claims that the 2024 budget being empty and useless are unfounded.
According to him, the objective of the...
Akufo-Addo a lame duck, Majority Leader a limping man – Speaker
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has urged the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, to cooperate with the Minority side to avoid stalemates.
Speaking in Parliament...
2024 budget is ‘absolutely useless’ – Ato Forson
The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has criticised the incumbent government for presenting what he describes as an “absolutely useless” budget for the...
Asenso-Boakye speaks on sale of Speaker’s residence
The Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye has distanced himself from the supposed attempted sale of the official residence of the Speaker of Parliament,...
Tax waiver on electric cars useless; how many people use it in Ghana? –...
The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has continued his bastardization of the government’s 2024 budget statement describing some of the tax waivers as...
Expelled NPP members accept party’s decision, pledge support for Alan Kyerematen
Expelled members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have accepted the party's decision and expressed their dedication to the nation's prosperity by rallying behind...