Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced that the administration has “commenced processes for the recruitment of staff into the public service.” This is despite revealing that the government was forced to borrow GHS 17 billion to pay salaries in 2025 Addressing a dialogue with President John Mahama on March 17, Dr. Forson confirmed […]
The High Court in Accra has summoned three witnesses in the trial in which former Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, and two others have been accused of causing financial loss of €2.37 million to the state in a deal to purchase 200 ambulances. That followed an application by counsel for Forson, Dr […]
Parliament has invited the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) to brief the Committee of the Whole on a new Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) ahead of Election 2024. The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin has directed that the Chairperson herself, Jean Mensah should appear for the briefing. According to the Speaker, the EC must […]
Zebilla MP, Cletus Avoka, says his colleague lawmaker, Haruna Iddrisu and his team are still leaders of the Minority Caucus in Parliament. This is depsite a letter by the leadership of the NDC which replaced Haruna Iddrisu as the Minority Leader on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, the former Majority Leader, Cletus Avoka, […]
The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has explained that the changes made in the leadership of the Minority Caucus in Parliament form part of the reorganisation of the party ahead of the 2024 elections. “We are making the changes as part of the reorganisation of the party ahead of […]
A Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Ampontuah Kumah has assured that the government on Monday (August 29, 2022), received the full loan amount of $750 million from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) but $37 million from the facility was set aside for debt service obligations. His comments come after the ranking member on the […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has denied allegations that it has printed GH¢22.04 billion in new money to finance the 2022 budget without recourse to Parliament. It said the amount being referred to represented claims on government, and not new currency printed to support the government’s budget. In a press statement dated July 26, 2022, […]
The Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has predicted that 2022 will be a year of economic misery and inflation, urging Ghanaians to brace up for difficult times. In a Facebook post, Dr Forson also projected that the prices of goods will increase by at least 30% and the […]
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Parliament has disclosed that allegations by NDC MP for Ejumako Enyan Essiam that a question he filed in the House on details of funds allocated for the COVID-19 fight during the lockdown is yet to be answered – weeks later – are false. A statement from the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, indicates […]
Claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Cassiel Ato Forson that government is going to purchase drones which should ordinarily cost about 100,000 dollars for 1 million dollars have turned out to be palpable lies and a figment of his own imagination. On Monday, 3rd December, 2018, Mr. Ato Forson made a spurious allegation […]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) minority in Parliament is accusing government of misapplying the first tranche of the 1.3 billion dollars of the cocoa syndicated loan for the 2018/19 crop year. A statement issued by the minority and signed by Cassiel Ato Forson, ranking member of the Finance Committee in Parliament said the 650 […]
