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AUDIO: Sack Finance Minister – Minority to Akufo Addo
The Minority in Parliament has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to dismiss the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, with immediate effect.
According to the...
Govt shifts Free SHS burden to Scholarship Secretariat
The government has shifted the cost burden of the direct funding of its free senior high school (SHS) programme to the Scholarship Secretariat.
Consequently, the...
PURC meets public over utility tariff review
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is set to begin a nationwide stakeholder’s consultation on the proposed tariff review for both water and electricity.
This...
Akufo-Addo leaves for Oppong Weah’s Investiture in Liberia
President Akufo-Addo has left Ghana to attend the inauguration ceremony of the President-Elect of the Republic of Liberia, George Weah, which is scheduled to...
Former President Kufuor outdoored as patron of Ghana Job Bank Initiative
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says the Ghanaian youth require a great sense of creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, smartness and employable skills to break through...
I weep for NDC in opposition – Obiri Boahen
Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has asked the Minority in Parliament to desist from forcing the Finance Minister, Ken...
US$2.5bn Bond Saga: CHRAJ has vindicated us – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has rejected claims that the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has cleared Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta from...
CHRAJ clears Finance Minister of Conflict of Interest allegations in bonds deals
The Commission on Human rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has cleared the Minister of Finance (MOF), Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, of allegations of conflict of...
Auditor-General fumes over ‘illegal’ reduction of approved budget
Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, has expressed discontent with a decision by the Ministry of Finance to cut his department’s budgetary allocations for 2018.
According to him,...
PHOTO: Finance Minister buys Kantanka car
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has acquired a sleek made-in-Ghana saloon car from Kantanka.
It was made known by Private legal practitioner Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko who...
Rejoinder: Ghanaian students enslaved with occultism, the case of Commonwealth
The rat as a creative being is nocturnal in nature, if it moves during the daytime it is either a sign of bad omen...
German president arrives in Ghana today for 3-day visit
The President of Germany, President Franks Walter Steinmeier, is expected to arrive in Ghana today , for a three-day visit.
He will be accompanied by...
Government scraped taxes on lotto operators
Government has successfully abolished the 7.5 percent tax on the 20 percent commission being charged lotto operators under the National Lottery Authority (NLA).
Mr Kofi...
Gov't bans production of calendars, diaries
From the beginning of 2018, government has banned the production of diaries and calendars by public institutions.
“The production of diaries and calendars by public...
Gov’t to transfer GH¢3.1bn into tier two pension funds
Government has agreed to transfer GH¢3.1 billion to the custodian accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions, called the Forum, by December...
Free SHS has increased teenage pregnancy – Ayariga
Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga has lashed out at the government over the implementation of the Free Senior High School...
NDC MPs threaten legal action against revised 2018 budget
Minority parliamentarians have turned up their opposition to the 2018 budget a notch higher by threatening to begin a legal action to correct what...
Hot Audio: NDC left a bogus economy – Ken Agyapong
New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has touted the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government as being better at economic management than the...
NDC 'rejects' light bill cut
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected moves by the Akufo-Addo administration to reduce the cost of electricity in the country.
On Wednesday, the...
Energy experts must stop parroting and read – Energy Minister fires
Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko is amazed at the position of some supposed energy experts following government’s announcement of tariff reduction.
According to him, the...
Hot Audio: Akufo-Addo is Guggisberg of our time – Wontumi
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako says President Akufo-Addo’s achievements for the past months can only be likened...
‘NPP has boys and girls, not men and women’ – Spio-Garbrah jabs
Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekow Spio-Garbrah, has questioned the capabilities of the current government’s appointees to run their various offices.
Commenting on the...
Govt struggling to fund Free SHS – Ablakwa
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a former Deputy Minister of Education, has said the Akufo-Addo-led government is struggling to finance the free Senior High School programme,...
Group questions electricity tariff reduction for 2018
The head of the Kumasi Institute of Technology and Environment is questioning the prudence and the sustainability of the electricity tariff reduction announced by...
Govt to transform National Sports College into Centre of Excellence
The Minister for Finance,Hon Ken Ofori-Attah, revealed during the 2018 Budget statement to Parliament that government will transform the National Sports College into a...
'Jealous' NDC dazed by NPP’s achievements – MP
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is clutching at straws following the sterling performance of the Akufo-Addo government in just one year.
According to the...
'We will fulfill all our promises' – President Akufo-Addo reassures
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his government to fulfilling all the promises made to the...
2018 budget: Be truthful for once – Osei Kyei Mensah tells Minority
The Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu says the Minority members in Parliament are not being truthful following...
Each district to get Ghc2m for 1 district, 1 factory
The government will allocate at least GhC2 million to each district, municipal or metropolitan assembly for the implementation of the one district, one factory...
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NPP will take Ghana back to Dumsor days – JJ predicts
Former Deputy Energy Minister, John Jinapor has predicted the country will soon be taken back to dark days of energy crisis, popularly known as...
'We didn't cook 2018 budget figures'
Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has refuted claims that the Ministry cooked up figures in the 2018 budget estimates.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii...
Budget 2018: Government to set up Sports Fund
The government has announced it will continue the process of setting up the National Sports Fund to aid the development of sports in the country.
Finance Minister, Ken...
‘2018 ‘Adwuma’ Budget an un-pragmatic fantasy’ – Sylvester Mensah
Former CEO of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah has described the 2018 budget delivered by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament...
Reduction in electricity tariffs a ‘rip-off’- Ablakwa
The Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs in Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has lambasted the NPP administration after it proposed a reduction in electricity tariffs.
Delivering...
2018 Budget: Over 52,000 trainees to benefit from teacher trainee allowance
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said over 52, 000 trainees will benefit from the teacher trainees allowance that has been restored by the NPP...
100,000 graduates to be employed in 2018 – Finance Minister
The government has announced the creation of a Nation Builders' Corps (NBC), which is set to address graduate unemployment in the country.
The corps, according...
Special Prosecutor office ready to crack the whip – Finance Minister
The Special Prosecutor's office will be catered for following the passage of the bill” Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said.
He said the Attorney General...
Electricity tariffs to be reduced by 13%
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has proposed an average reduction of 13 percent in electricity tariffs for residential consumers of electricity.
Consumers in the non-residential...
Full document: 2018 budget presented by Finance Minister
Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has presented to Parliament the budget for 2018. This is the second budget statement and economic policy since the...