In response to the revenue gap caused by the abandonment of the value-added tax (VAT) on electricity, government plans to implement a tax on the foreign incomes of resident Ghanaians. Earlier this year, the government introduced a VAT on electricity, but public backlash led to its abandonment, leaving a revenue gap of approximately GH¢1.8 billion. […]
The Ghanaian Finance Ministry has announced that Ms Julie Essiam has taken up the position of Commissioner-General at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), marking the first time a woman has assumed this role. She succeeds Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, who was relieved of his duties on March 27. Ms. Essiam brings a wealth of experience […]
The first batch of drugs for the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is expected to leave the Tema Port by the close of the week. In all, 12 bills of lading of the pharmaceutical products donated by the Global Fund which have been locked up at the Tema Port since May last year will […]
Barely six days into its operations, the Ghana Private Sector COVID-19 Fund has fed some Sixty One Thousand, Five Hundred (61,500) people. Giving a detailed breakdown of the Fund’s activities with regards to the ‘Feed a Kayayei’ Project, the originator of the Fund, Ms. Julie Essiam, who is the Commissioner for Support Services at the […]
The hardworking National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Sammi Awuku has singled out the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund for praise for their continuous show of love and care to the vulnerable in society amid the lockdown. The charming and towering NPP National Organiser who is playing a key role in […]
Managers of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund who are embarking on the ‘Feed a Kayayei’ Project at all vantage points of the partial lockdown, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, have as of Friday, April 3, 2020 fed more than Twenty Six Thousand (26,000) head-porters and homeless persons in Accra and Kumasi. Ms. Julie […]
