The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has noted that Ghana has been hit by a quadruple whammy in the last few years resulting in the country’s quest to seek support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Dr Bawumia said the country will not be going to the IMF for support had it not been for […]
The Finance Ministry has disclosed that government will not terminate the 1.5% levy on electronic transactions, despite its application to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for economic assistance. This was contained in a statement from the Ministry on Tuesday, addressing key questions regarding government’s ongoing engagement with the Fund. Regarding the controversial levy, the Ministry […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reaffirmed the Akufo-Addo Government’s commitment to its vision of transforming Ghana despite the global economic challenges which have wrought dire straits on the country’s fortunes. Speaking at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Millennium City, Kasoa, on Thursday, (April 7, 2022), Dr Bawumia said the Akufo-Addo government has been focused […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is of the view that the digitalisation of various sectors of Ghana’s economy has greatly helped to reduce corruption. For him, “[it] has dealt a big blow to corruption” and that the government will continue to digitalise the remaining sectors of the economy. Dr Bawumia was speaking at a public […]
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has responded to critics who have, in recent times, asked about his whereabouts at a time when the country’s economy appears to be taking a nosedive. Dr Bawumia has, for some time now, focused on the administration’s digitisation agenda in a bid to prevent wastage, improve efficiency, and eliminate corruption […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana’s economy rebounding faster from the ravages of COVID-19 than envisioned, following a slow rate of growth in 2020. Speaking at the maiden edition of the Presidential Business Support, on Tuesday, 14th September 2021, at the Kempinski Hotel, President Akufo-Addo noted the support offered by the private sector, coupled […]
The government will in the coming weeks introduce more measures to ease the burden on the public. The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, who disclosed this, said: “Starting this month, we are rolling out over eight additional interventions under the GhanaCARES “Obataanpa” programme and they will be in the health, agriculture, tourism, trade, digitisation, […]
The Economist Intelligence Unit, the renowned economic and political research institution, has hailed the economic management prowess of the governing New Patriotic Party. In its latest country report on Ghana which it made a forecast on the upcoming general elections, the EIU report said the governing NPP is widely seen as better managers of the […]
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 […]
