The government has laid before Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) that would require all future power generation contracts to go through competitive bidding, as part of efforts to tackle inefficiencies in Ghana’s energy sector. The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson made the announcement on April 23, 2025, during a session on the Ghana […]
Parliament on Thursday received the Income Tax Amendment Bill (Act 896), 2025, which seeks to abolish the 10 per cent withholding tax on betting winnings from lottery. The Bill, laid before the House by Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has been referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration and reporting. In a brief […]
The Finance Minister-designate, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has vowed to abolish the betting tax and the E-levy in his first budget when he’s approved. Speaking before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Monday, January 13, Dr Forson argued that the current betting tax has failed to achieve its intended objectives and should be scrapped. “I […]
President John Dramani Mahama has submitted his first set of ministerial nominations to Parliament today (January 9, 2025), fulfilling a key constitutional requirement following his inauguration as President on January 7, 2025. The nominations, submitted to the Speaker of Parliament in accordance with Article 78 of the 1992 Constitution, include three individuals for critical portfolios […]
President John Mahama has nominated Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson as Finance Minister-designate, with John Abdulai Jinapor and Dominic Akuritinga Ayine as Ministers-designate for Energy and Attorney General cum Minister of Justice respectively. A statement issued by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Ag. Spokesperson to the President, has announced. Source: Myjoyonline.com
The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, and Richard Jakpa, the 3rd accused in the ongoing ambulance case. This 2:1 decision overturned the previous order from the trial court, which required Dr. Ato Forson and Jakpa to open their defence. They had been charged with allegedly causing […]
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has reacted to the Supreme Court’s directive asking Parliament to expunge James Gyakye Quayson’s name as Member of Parliament from the Assin North constituency. In a press statement issued Wednesday reacting to the Supreme Court’s ruling, Dr Ato Forson argued that “the intention of the framers […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency, Casiel Ato Forson, has written to the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, informing her that she has no power to direct the telecommunications companies to put an end to the upfront deductions of the nine percent talk tax at the point of recharge. […]
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, has taken Casiel Ato-Forson to shreds for peddling falsehoods in using fictitious figures to counter what Vice President Dr. Bawumia used in his delivery during the Town Hall Meeting organized by the Economic Management Team. Speaking on JoyNews’ flagship programme Newsfile, the veteran journalist, Kweku […]
So once again, the NDC and their surrogates got themselves hoodwinked by Ato-Forson into believing that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia mentioned figures in his presentation at the Economic Management Team (EMT) Town Hall Meeting that were inaccurate. Just a little bit of education here. In the Vice President’s presentation fiscal deficit figures were […]
“Learn To Be a Good Student” The Ato Forson led Caucus Group (hereinafter referred to as AFLC Group), during its press conference on Wednesday, 20th March, 2019 asked 5 questions for the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to answer. Reading the questions, one wonders if Ato-Forson and his cohorts are deemed to sit some undergraduate […]
