Economist and former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof. Stephen Adei, is kicking against the newly introduced VAT on domestic electricity consumption. He insists it will worsen the plight of consumers and make businesses uncompetitive. His comments come on the back of a government directive to the GRA to liaise with the […]
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Sack striking civil servants and replace with military – Prof Adei on neutrality allowance
Economist Prof Stephen Adei is urging government to sack all striking members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG). According to him, the Association’s request for neutrality allowance is unacceptable and unethical. “It is the worst I can ever think of as someone who has worked was in the public sector […]
Don’t take instructions from any superior officer-Prof. Adei to Customs officers at Tema Port
The Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof. Stephen Adei has instructed Customs Officers at the Port of Tema not to take instructions from senior officers of other state agencies also operating in the port. Any such instructions, according to him, should be ignored and immediately reported to the Sector Commander of Customs. […]
GRA raises GHC32 billion revenue for third quarter
The Ghana Revenue Authority as at the end of September 2019, received an amount of GH¢ 32 billion less of its target for the year, Mr. Amishaddai Owusu Amoah, the Acting Commissioner General of the Authority said. Mr. Amoah was optimistic that the Authority would meet the target by the end of the year. In […]
GRA likely to miss 2019 revenue target as benchmark values reduction backfires
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is set to miss out on its revenue target for 2019 as the decision by government to slash the import benchmark values by about 50 percent takes a toll, Commissioner of Customs, Colonel Kwadwo Damoah has said. The customs division boss explained that the reduction in the benchmark values has […]
Prof. Adei roars: Removes Carlos Ahenkorah and Kweku Kwarteng from GRA Board
Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng and Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, Deputy Trade and Industry, have been sacked from their position as board members of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) with immediate effect, DAYBREAK can authoritatively report. This was communicated to them by the new board chairman, Professor Stephen Adei. According to sources, […]
Prof Stephen Adei is new GRA Board Chair
Former Director General and Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei has been sworn in as the new Chair of the Board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Also sworn at a ceremony on Friday by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was Eugene Asante Ofosuhene as a Board Member. The Ministry has […]
Prof. Stephen Addei is not mentally stable to appreciate the enormity of educational sector challenges-NAGRAT
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Addei is not mentally fit to appreciate the challenges facing the country’s educational sector. ‘’NAGRAT cannot establish what actually is pursuing Prof. Stephen Addei, be they spiritual or psychological but one thing we […]
Nobody should take lazy and disgraceful Prof. Addei serious, he’s outlived his usefulness-NDC Man
A staunch Member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edward Frimpong has described former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Addei as a lazy and disgraceful person who should never be taken serious by well-meaning Ghanaians. Professor Addei has come under fire for some comments he made […]
Apologise for calling us criminals, else we will spit red saliva on you-GNAT warns Prof. Stephen Adei
Story by: Kojo Ata Kakrah Abrowah The Ghana National Association of Teachers, (GNAT), has called on Professor Stephen Adei, former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, (GIMPA), to apologize to them for describing them as pure criminals. Professor Adei on Thursday described public basic school teachers as “pure criminals” in an […]
Prof. Adei is a disgrace, his hypocrisy is alarming-Mahama boy returns fire
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region, Dr. Clement Apaak has described former rector of GIMPA, Prof. Stephen Adei as a disgrace and one whose hypocrisy is limitless. According to him, the same Prof. Adei who was on the rooftops name-calling the John Dramani […]
You refused to pay tax on your profits, so don’t expect a bail-out with tax payer’s money-Prof. Adei to Menzgold customers
Economist Professor Stephen Adei has described Menzgold Ghana Limited’s gold vault market as a Ponzi scheme which should not have been patronised by Ghanaians. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directed Menzgold to shut down its investment operations on 12 September 2018 for contravening the Securities Industry Act, 2016 (Act 929). The SEC order also […]