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2024 Budget: Govt to raise GH₵11bn in new taxes – Jinapor
The Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu, John Jinapor, says the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, intends to raise an additional GH₵11 billion through the imposition...
Speaker cannot issue instructions – Majority leader on post budget workshop
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu has stated that, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin cannot dictate to the House about the venue of the post...
Fact-check: Did Ghana miss November 1 IMF timeline?
Government has been insistingq in the last few days that it had not missed a November 1Â IMF timeline for the fulfillment of conditions to...
Is Bawumia/John Kumah 2024 dream ticket viable?
It has been a few days since Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia secured the NPP nomination for election 2024, and already the parlor and guessing game...
African Development Bank approves $102m support as budget presentation approaches
The African Development Bank (AfDA) has given the green light for a $102.6 million grant to support Ghana's Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Recovery Programme....
Akosombo dam spillage: This injustice must not be allowed – Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed disappointment in government's slow response to the Akosombo dam spillage.
He has...
Ghana misses out on IMF’s Nov. 1 timeline for 2nd tranche as external debt...
Ghana has missed out on the November 1 timeline set in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme to get a second tranche of the...
We’ll scrutinise 2024 budget – Minority
The Minority in Parliament says it will ensure proper scrutiny of what it terms the Akufo-Addo government’s farewell budget to deal with the suffering...
Parliament sets date for 2024 budget presentation
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the last Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government for the 2023 Financial Year to Parliament...
Bawumia is a repackaged version of Akufo-Addo – Mustapha Gbande
A Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as a “repackaged,...
Parliament proposes Nov. 15 for 2024 Budget presentation
Parliament has proposed November 15, 2023, for the presentation of the 2024 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government.
Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin...
2024 budget presentation: Minority warns govt of a showdown if…
The Minority caucus in Parliament has sent a stern warning to the government as the House prepares to receive the 2024 economic policy and...
Akosombo dam spillage victims need alternative housing – Okudzeto Ablakwa
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says there is an urgent need for alternative housing for flood victims in the...
Akosombo dam spillage: Every affected home will get relief – NADMO assures
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has assured that every home affected by flooding in the Volta and parts of the Eastern regions will...
Finance Ministry donates GH₵2m to Akosombo dam spillage victims
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on behalf of staff at the ministry, has supported the victims of the Akosombo dam spillage with GH₵2 million....
Remove COVID-19 and Special Import Levies from 2024 Budget – GUTA
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), has called for the removal of the COVID-19 Levy and the Special Import Levy in the 2024...
Make taxes affordable, simple to enhance compliance – GUTA
President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Joseph Obeng, has urged government to make taxes affordable and simple to enhance compliance.
According to...
Collapse COCOBOD; allow farmers to sell directly to buyers – President of Cocoa farmers...
The President of the Concerned Cocoa Farmers Association, Nana Boateng Bonsu, has called for the dissolution of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).
According to him,...
2024 Budget should be heavily devoted to job creation — GFL
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) expects the 2024 Budget to be devoted to job creation in both the private and public sectors and...
2024 budget won’t increase public spending — Finance Minister
Government has given an assurance that it will restrict itself to budgeted expenditure, despite 2024 being an election year.
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta,...
External debt restructuring: Eurobond holders to face nominal ‘haircut’ of between 30-40%
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has stated that Eurobond holders may face a nominal haircut of between 30% and 40% as part of the restructuring...
We’ve turned the corner but not out of woods yet – Minister
The Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has insisted that current growth figures, and other economic indicators back claims...
UN Peace Ambassador bids father farewell [Photos]
The final funeral rites of Nana Yaw Akomea Sakyi, father of United Nations (UN) Peace Ambassador, His Excellency Ambassador Bishop Samuel Ben Owusu has...
Our broken Ghana
My fellow Ghanaians, my heart is heavy and so should yours.
"Instead of virtues, we have luxury and avarice, public distress and private superfluity;...
Akosombo dam spillage: Govt sets up committee to coordinate response
The government has set up a 13-member inter-ministerial committee to coordinate responses to victims affected by the Akosombo dam spillage.
This was announced in...
IMF: Why Ghana can’t get second disbursement without an agreement with creditors
Ghana is set to receive $3 billion from the IMF for its Balance of Payment (BoP) support between 2023 and 2026, and this bailout...
Ghana’s external debt restructuring: Is China still the missing piece?
Ghana is currently grappling with a dire economic situation, having defaulted on a large portion of its external debt payments nearly a year ago....
OccupyBoG demo: NPP’s Alfred Thompson exposes Ato Forson
The main reason behind the demonstration by the Minority to demand the resignation of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest...
How Ghana’s Central Bank lost $5bn in one year
Ghana - once touted as a trailblazing African economic success story - is facing an unprecedented financial crisis.
This week, hundreds of protestors took to...
#OccupyBoGprotest: What Rex Omar said
Veteran highlife musician, Rex Omar has added his voice to the sea of protestors at the ongoing #OccupyBoGprotest in Accra calling for the resignation...
BoG paid property developer $36m during Ghana’s worst forex crunch – A-G report
The Auditor General, in its 2022 report, has revealed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) made payments worth $35,909,067.50 to Goldkey Properties Limited for the...
Isaac Adongo’s suggestions on what should be done with NIB
The Minority in Parliament has expressed its opposition to the government's plans to either collapse the National Investment Bank (NIB) or merge it with...
Domelevo supports removal of Finance Minister and BoG Governor   Â
Former Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo has joined calls for the removal of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, and the governor of the Bank of...
Get your first debt restructuring right – IMF to debt trapped nations
Ghana is debt-trapped and has maintained its position as Africa’s highest borrower from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
After trimming about ¢90 billion of its...
BoG pays property developer $36m during Ghana’s worst forex crunch – Auditor-General’s report reveals
The Auditor-General in its 2022 report has revealed that Bank of Ghana (BoG) made payments worth $35,909,067.50 to Goldkey Properties Limited for the construction...
Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech at the Ghana Bar Association Conference in Cape Coast
I am grateful to the Bar Council for the invitation and opportunity to address this year’s Bar Conference, my seventh time of doing so...
IMF mission to visit Ghana from September 25
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team will be in Ghana from September 25 through the first week of October to assess the implementation...
ASEPA drags AG to Supreme Court over Asset Declaration law
The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), is suing the Attorney-General over Ghana’s weak asset declaration regime.
In a suit filed at the...
NPP Super Delegates Conference: Bawumia dominates Ashanti Region
In a significant turn of events at the NPP Super Delegates Conference held in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has emerged as the...
Governor’s resignation uncalled for; there is nothing wrong supporting a struggling economy – Pianim
Renowned economist, Dr Kwame Pianim, has joined the debate that the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison and his two deputies...