Government has released an amount of Fourteen Million, One Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirteen Ghana Cedis twenty three pesewas for the payment of outstanding transfer grants and other allowances of staff of the Ghana Education Service. A letter signed by the Minister for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta and addressed to the Controller […]
Economist Professor John Gatsi is pushing for the injection and restoration of liquidity into the banking and financial sector in order to realize the impact of the banking sector reforms embarked upon by government. According to him, the core purpose of banking sector reform is not about reducing the number of banks from 33 to […]
The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has charged the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to take steps to recover all outstanding tax liabilities and tax debts owed government by businesses and taxpayers before close of the year. A statement issued by the Office of the Commissioner General of GRA charged the GRA Board to take […]
Board Members of the Ghana Revenue will henceforth join officials of the Authority during visitations to various businesses to recover outstanding taxes that have not been paid. The move comes on the heels of a directive by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta to the Board to take steps to directly partner the management […]
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 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 […]
Businessman and politician, Kennedy Ohene Agypong has berated the government for plans to tax goods at duty free shops in the country, saying ‘’you are killing us. We are fed up with your taxes. The Ghana Revenue Authority has served notice that from the 1st of December 2018, goods bought from the duty free shops […]
