Energy Think-tank, African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has commended government for renegotiating the Ameri deal and making a substantial savings of 51.3 million dollars. A statement issued by the think-tank and signed by its Executive Director, Dr. Benjamin Boakye stated in part that ‘’the addendum presents a more favorable liability for government than the […]
Presenting the 2019 budget in parliament, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori- Atta has disclosed that the Government of Ghana is committed to establishing Ghana’s ports to being the main trade hub in the West African Sub-region. “As part of the overall strategy to position Ghana as a transport and logistic hub, Government continues to develop […]
Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) strongman Dr. Tony Aidoo has expressed reservations about the ability of government to disburse the entire sum of 180 million Ghana cedis to the office of the special prosecutor as announced in the 2019 budget and government economic policy statement. He said in as much the amount is substantial to […]
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Attah has described as shocking how some top officials of the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance invested in gold trading firm Menzgold. According to him, the officials who can best be described as elite and who should have known better, were rather those who chose to […]
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo has indicated that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice is working assiduously behind the scenes and will unleash her venom on all those whose actions and inactions led to the collapse of the seven local banks in the country. According to him, those who played various roles culminating […]
Some 12 thousand customers of defunct micro finance company DKM across the country are yet to receive payments of their deposits from government. This is because they have not been able to put together all the necessary documents that will prove their eligibility to receive the payments. Minister for Finance Ken Ofori Attah said on […]
The formal launch of a fundraising campaign for the National Cathedral has been slated for the 28th of December 2018, says Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta. According to him, another fundraising campaign will be held in the United States of America in February 2019. He said while delivering the 2019 budget statement and government […]
An outspoken student who doubles as a former TEIN-NDC Secretary of the University of Education Winneba Oscar Komla Bedzra , has once again splashed mud on the face of the finance minister, Ken Offori Attah describing the much anticipated budget to be delivered by the sector minister as Ananta budget. Commenting on the 2019 budget […]
The ruling New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Sekondi constituency in the Western Region, Andrew Kofi Mercer has indicated that the 2019 budget which will be presented in Parliament next week, will be the first locally brewed budget without the inputs of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The feat according to him is […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given the indication that the 2019 budget would “reflect the hope Ghanaians have in the government and the future of the country”. He said though his administration inherited an ailing economy, systematically, it had succeeded, as economic indicators have shown, to put the country’s economy back on the right […]
Ghana has made progress to improve the ease of doing business, according to the World Bank Group 2019 Doing Business Report-Training for Reform, released Wednesday. In the latest report, Ghana has improved its ranking to 114 out of 190 economies up six places from 120 in the 2018 Doing Business Report. Ghana’s ease of doing business […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority will not accept the Akufo-Addo administration’s ambitious $50 billion bond unless it is backed by a national referendum, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has said. The Minority leader insists that the country’s already worrying debt stock made the issuance of the century bond an unwise decision. “Today the NPP through the Finance […]
