Ofori Atta Showing Prudence
Ken Ofori Atta, on his appointment as finance minister, was faced with questions that are always posed by doubters. Many analysts or panelists actually exaggerated the difficulties he will face as a...
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Minority Wants Head of Finance Minister As Kwaretng Dares Them To Go To Court
The Minority in Parliament has alleged that, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta sold the ninety five percent of Ghana’s recent 2.25 billion dollar bond to friends and cronies. They have therefore...
Ghanaians Rubbish Minority’s Call For Ofori-Atta’s Resignation
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has been asked to resign over allegations of conflict of interest in the issuance of the $2.25bn bond. The NDC Minority MPs in Parliament have found him guilty by for...
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The President, Akufo-Addo today launched one of his government's biggest Agricultural sector intervention which he hopes will prevent any food shortages in the country. The project, "Planting for...
Ensure Fiscal Discipline – IMF To Ghana
International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Ghana has stated that Ghana’s longstanding challenges can only be resolved through ambitious and sustained reforms in key policy areas, going beyond the...
Minority Deceiving Public – Ministry of Finance
A deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei Asare is accusing the minority of deception over claims of conflict of interest against her boss Ken Ofori-Atta. The minority at a press briefing on Tuesday,...
Akufo-Addo’s ‘Free SHS’ Approach ‘good’ – Bentil
The approach adopted by the Akufo-Addo-led government towards implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme is good, Kofi Bentil, Vice President of policy think tank IMANI Ghana has...
“Planting For Foods and Jobs” Launches Today
farmers participating in the planting for foods and jobs President Akufo-Addo will today Wednesday April, 19 2017, launch the “Planting for Foods and Jobs” programme at Goaso in the Brong Ahafo...
Ghanaians Gasping For Air Under Nana Addo’s First 100 Days In Office
I have to state with great pain and sorrow that there is no better critical indicator that the future of Ghana is bright under the Nana Addo led NPP government. Having followed closely events...
Ofori-Atta Clean – MP
Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, Sunyani East MP, has said the allegation by the NDC’s Cassiel Ato Forson that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has conflicted himself in the issuance of the $2.25bn bond is...
Nothing Untoward Happened With Gov’t’s $2bn Bond Issue – Oppong-Nkrumah
Deputy Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah says “nothing untoward” happened with the $2.25 billion bond issued by government to arrest Ghana’s suffocating debt burden. Speaking to Joy...
India Bans Red Car Beacons To End Elitist Culture
India said Wednesday it will ban ministers and senior officials from using red beacons on their cars to cut through traffic, a longstanding privilege that has caused resentment and accusations of...
No Salary For 26,589 Government Workers
Some 26,589 public sector workers will not receive their salaries due to their failure to register on the new Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) biometric system. This is because...
Alhassan Suhuyini Accuses Media of Hypocrisy
The Member of Parliament for Tamale North constituency, Alhassan Suhuyini, has suggested the media is being hypocritical in the wake of some achievements the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is...
$2.25bn Bond Didn’t Need Parliamentary Approval
The US$2.25 billion domestic bond issued recently by the government of Ghana did not need to go to parliament for approval, Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei has said in...
Minority Calls For Inquiry Into $2.25bn Domestic Bond
The Minority in Parliament is calling for a full-scale parliamentary inquiry into an allegation of conflict of interest levelled against the Minister of Finance concerning the recent $2.25 billion...
Ofori Atta Won’t Resign; Go To Court – Kwarteng To Minority
A deputy Finance Minister Kwaku Kwarteng has dismissed allegations by the Minority that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta cooked up a $2.25 billion bond for cronies. The Minority at a press...
Ofori-Atta Cooked 2.25bn Bond For Cronies
The Minority in Parliament has accused Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta of engaging in a conflict of interest situation as far as government’s recent issuance of a $US2.25billion 15-year bond is...
Bawumia, Ofori-Atta Head Ghana’s Team At IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
The Chairman of the Economic Management Team, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are leading a Government delegation to the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings to...
Finance Minister Must Resign Over “smelly Deal” – Minority
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the resignation of Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta over alleged conflict of interest. The opposition MPs claim a close associate of Mr. Ofori Atta was offered...