Government, in partnership with a private company called Solin, is to construct affordable housing project – using polystyrene concrete technology. This follows a partnership agreement between the governments of Ghana and Hungary through Solin, a private company from Hungary with expertise in providing polystyrene concrete technology housing systems, to commence the construction of affordable houses […]
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged a delegation from the German business community to explore the many business opportunities available in Ghana. Dr Bawumia indicated that Ghana is open to investments in a wide range of areas, and government is determined to foster the necessary environment for such businesses to […]
Dear Mr. Isaac Adongo, I have read your letter to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, which has been widely circulated on social media, with a high degree of righteous indignation. Why would I say that? First as a member of parliament, you should know that there are standard processes and procedures for demanding […]
Uniformed officers stationed at the Kotoka International Airport, particularly Customs and Immigration officials have come under public attack for usually begging for money from passengers and patrons of the airport. The practice seems to have gotten so entrenched that the officers beg openly without any shame, mostly leaving some passengers and patrons angry and surprised. […]
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra Minister for Energy John Peter Amewu has disclosed that government spent GH₵232 million providing tax reliefs on petroleum products to ordinary Ghanaians between December 2017 and June 2018. He says the reliefs are part of government’s efforts to use tax interventions to mitigate the impact of the increasing price of […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul Wahab has emerged the second best Public Sector Chief Executive Officer in Ghana. The award was conferred on Mr. Abdul Wahab by the Association of Aides to New Patriotic Party Regional Chairmen after a survey in all the ten regions of the […]
Immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Micro Finance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) Sedina Tamakloe Attionu has been has pleaded not guilty to all the 80 charges of stealing and causing financial loss of 129 Million Ghana Cedis to the state. She has been granted bail in the sum of 5 million Ghana cedis […]
The Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customers have served notices that they will not go to court to seek legal redress in their quest to recoup their investments from the distressed company. In a press conference addressed by their leadership and supported by politician Jacob Osei Yeboah, who is also the founder of Congress of Youth […]
As part of measures to boost domestic revenue mobilization and to meet its 2019 revenue target of 45 billion Ghana Cedis, the Ghana Revenue Authority has put in place measures calculated at helping them to achieve this ambition. To this end, the Authority says it intends to increase the compliance level of professionals in the […]
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange control over $1trillion worth of Africa’s resources in just five commodities – oil, gold, diamonds, coal and platinum. My research for the NGO, War on Want, which has just been published, reveals that 101 companies, most of them British, control $305billion worth of platinum, $276billion worth of oil […]
As part of measures to boost domestic revenue mobilization and to meet its 2019 revenue target of 45 billion Ghana Cedis, the Ghana Revenue Authority has put in place measures calculated at helping them to achieve this ambition. To this end, the Authority says it intends to increase the compliance level of professionals in the […]
Government has given the Ghana Revenue Authority a revenue target of 45 billion Ghana Cedis to be collected in 2019. The figure according to the Commissioner-General of the GRA, Emmanuel Kofi Nti will be revised upwards to help government realize its objective of a Ghana Beyond Aid, adding that discussions aimed at revising the figure […]
