What has Tanzania's Magufuli done during his year in office? John Magufuli is known as "The Bulldozer" for driving a programme to build roads On John Magufuli's first day as Tanzania's president a...
Flagbearer of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai aka Odike, has stated that his name will appear on the ballot paper on December 7. According to him, he had not been disqualified by the...
A loan worth 60 million dollars being procured by the government of Ghana for the Electricity Company of Ghana has left Parliament divided again. The loan is to upgrade the distribution network of...
President Mahama has described as hypocritical the stance taken by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the issue of teacher and nurses’ trainee allowance. The president said he has...
Disappointing revenue performance and increased capital expenditure have pushed up the country’s fiscal deficit to more than GHC4.69 billion as of the end of July this year, creating uneasiness...
Youth and Sports Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuye has disclosed he is having the supports of His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama. The appointment of the Member of Parliament for the people...
Government has projected that for the first quarter of next year it will spend GH¢1.88 billion on interest payments, an amount which is 50 percent more than the planned expenditure on capital or...
Commercial banks are worried government is competing with them for dollars locally, following the successful issuance of the first domestic treasury dollar bond, which raised some US$94.6 million....
Government is expected to cough about GHC1,889,870,741 to pay interest on loans in the first quarter of 2017 calendar year. This revelation came to light on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, 20...
Government missed its budget deficit target in the first seven months of 2016 as the government raised less revenue than forecast and exceeded spending plans for goods, services and capital...
The Government of Ghana will spend GHC1.8 billion on loan interests alone in the first-quarter of 2017, MP for the New Juaben South constituency, Dr Mark Assibey Yeboah has said. Parliament on...
Ghana’s Parliament has approved a GHC10.9 billion request by the government to help finance “critical government expenditure” in the first quarter of 2017. This follows the recommendation for...
Deputy Minister for Finance, Ms Mona Quartey has underscored the importance of an efficient and transparent procurement system in ensuring the achievement of Ghana’s pursuits in economic...
Whereas government has given indication it will do more of the domestic dollar-bonds, on the back of the maiden one’s success, some analysts fear it could weaken the cedi and deepen dollarisation...
Whereas the government has given the indication it will do more of the domestic dollar-bonds, on the back of the maiden one’s success, some analysts fear it could weaken the cedi and deepen...
The overwhelming success of government’s debut local dollar bond could serve as a precedent for bigger and longer term issuances, Kofi Awuku, a member of the book building team has said. The...
An economist, Dr John Gatsi, says the successes chalked by government in the issuance of Ghana’s first domestic dollar-denominated bond was due to what he termed as better incentives provided to...
The National Labour Commission has summoned the Finance Ministry and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission over a breach of its directive. The parties were supposed to implement a better condition...
Ghana’s government has reached an agreement with some lower court judges in the country who threatened to strike last week over salary related issues. At a crunch meeting last Thursday, the...
Government’s efforts to address the debt position of four key state-owned enterprises in the energy sector has left the International Monetary Fund (IMF) flummoxed as to how the debt restructuring...
