Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has denied claims that the Finance minister made allocation for the proposed new parliamentary chamber which has sparked anger in the country. The Speaker of Parliament while extending an invitation to the President to cut sod for the project also noted in a letter to the Flagstaff House that budgetary […]
General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has described the NPP as being superior in terms of performance and governance and cannot in anyway be compared to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, the NDC is an underperforming party which run down the country through mismanagement and corruption […]
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is advocating the passage of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) as a way of checking the deliberate use of oil revenue for debt servicing at the expense of public investments. The PRMA when passed should define rules for capping the Ghana Stabilization Fund (GSF), as this will […]
Presenting the 2019 budget in parliament, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori- Atta has disclosed that the Government of Ghana is committed to establishing Ghana’s ports to being the main trade hub in the West African Sub-region. “As part of the overall strategy to position Ghana as a transport and logistic hub, Government continues to develop […]
The 2019 budget and government economic policy statement should have been christened ‘action budget’ according to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region. Daniel Okyem Aboagye believes government has laid a very solid foundation that will catapult the country into massive infrastructural development, hence, there […]
The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has lauded government for the 2019 budget and economic policy statement, saying the projections for some key indicators as read by the Finance Minister in Parliament last Thursday shows that Ghana’s medium to long term prospects remain bright. In a statement issued by the Think-tank on the 2019 […]
Opposition Member of Parliament for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo has said government is merely paying lip service to one of its flagship policies, the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative. According to him, so far the government has said it has approved about 79 of them to be constructed, adding that not even. […]
Government has announce the allocation of 180 million Ghana Cedis to the office of the special prosecutor. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah while delivering the 2019 budget and government economic policy statement in Parliament today, said government considers the office of the special prosecutor as a major priority in the fight against corruption. He said […]
Government has allocated 200 Million Ghana Cedis to the Micro Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in the 2019 budget. This will enable the company make disbursements to businesses across the country. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah while delivering the 2019 budget and government economic policy statement in Parliament today, said the company is currently […]
The formal launch of a fundraising campaign for the National Cathedral has been slated for the 28th of December 2018, says Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta. According to him, another fundraising campaign will be held in the United States of America in February 2019. He said while delivering the 2019 budget statement and government […]
The finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah has described 2019 as a year of massive infrastructure development in the country. He said government has taken steps to also ensure the expansion of the road and rail networks in the country. Delivering the 2019 budget statement and government’s economic policy statement in parliament, the minister added that […]
Former Minister for Petroleum in the John Dramani Mahama era, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has teased the ruling New Patriotic Party government, saying its magic wand to turnaround the fortunes of the economy has woefully failed. “The government that says they have the magic wand to address the problems has woefully failed. They said the […]
