The Head of Financial Services at the Bank of Ghana, Stephen Opattah has dismissed claims suggesting that he had said the $2.25 billion bond was issued in dollars. The bond which was issued in April...
At the beginning of April this year, the Government of Ghana seemingly took a giant stride in its ongoing efforts to deepen the country’s capital market and substantially expand its constricted...
The leadership of Parliament is expected to seek further clarifications from officials of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) and the Finance Minister over the implementation of the Value Added...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has hit hard at the minority members of parliament over their crusade against issuance of $2.25 billion bond. The Minister is admonishing the National Democratic...
The Minority has filed a motion in Parliament aimed at stopping the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Finance Ministry from suspending advertising the implementation of VAT (Amendment) Act, 2017...
The Minority has accused the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, of contempt of Parliament for failing to implement tax cuts approved by the House. Implementation of the tax cuts was expected to begin...
The man whose complaint led to the suspension of popular human rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu says he is not to blame for the lawyer’s woes. According to Francis Agyare, his lawyer set out to...
It was a journalist from Metro TV who connected me with lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu and this was after I had been released from prison, Francis Agyare, the man whose complaint led to the suspension of...
A client who reported now-suspended private legal practitioner Francis-Xavier Sosu to the General Legal Council (GLC), has said that the lawyer’s plight is a punishment from God. Francis Agyare,...
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance has stated that the GH?9.7 billion bond were issued in local currency and not denominated as dollar bond. He said the recent bond issuance was transparent and...
India's central bank held interest rates in line with analysts' expectations on Wednesday, rebuffing the finance ministry's desire for a cut after India's growth slowed. The Reserve Bank of India...
Workers said they had not been paid for the past three years Some staff of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), are threatening to demonstrate against the organisation over unpaid...
Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in the occupied West Bank, making any withdrawal from the Palestinian territory a costly...
President Akufo-Addo has assured that government will clear all debts in the energy sector to bring back efficiency into the generation and distribution of electricity in the country. Debts in the...
The Minority in Parliament has secured an opportunity to question Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in parliament following weeks of pressure on government over the issuance of $2.25 billion bond. The...
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been given a week to furnish the country’s parliament with details on the 2.2 5 billion dollar bond issued by the government in April. He is required...
China's ex-statistics chief was jailed for life on Wednesday for accepting 153 million yuan ($22.4 million) worth of bribes, becoming the latest senior official to be convicted in a sweeping...
Deputy Chief Scribe for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho is blaming President Akufo-Addo’s government for the recent media blitzkrieg on Franklin Templeton...
Government has been able to pay only 60 million cedis out of the 130 million cedis monthly payment it promised service providers of the National Health Insurance Scheme across the country. The...
Government has been able to pay only 60 million cedis out of the 130 million cedis monthly payment it promised service providers of the National Health Insurance Scheme across the country. The...