Ghana’s minority members of parliament have described as “lofty rhetoric,” President Akufo-Addo’s maiden State of the Nation Address, arguing it fell short of solutions to fix the so-called...
The Minority in Parliament has passed a scathingly damning verdict on President Akufo-Addo’s maiden State of the Nation Address, describing it as “high on platitudes and short of substance.”...
The government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sacked 525 national security operatives, Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, has said. According to...
The Minority in Parliament has presented what they term, the true state of the nation address a day after President Akufo-Addo presented his maiden State of the Nation Address. Addressing the press...
This rate is 1.7 percent lower than the rate recorded in December 2016 which was 4.9 percent. The monthly change rate for January 2017 was 2.1 percent. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the...
A slew of Minority MPs have put in an early assessment of President Akufo-Addo's maiden State of the Nation Address, concluding with one common theme - the speech was too partisan. Deputy Finance...
The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has made key proposals on various aspects of the economy for the March 1, 2017, budget statement which it says will empower workers. In a 17-page document...
FEATURE: Appiah Kusi Adomako, CUTS Ghana Every government since the start of the Fourth Republic has identified the private sector as an engine for inclusive economic growth. Data from the Ghana...
Private sector businesses have strongly advocated an optimal inflation target to guide economic policies that support private sector growth. They argue that the current drop in inflation while other...
Ghana’s inflation for the first month of 2017, January recorded 13.3 percent. The figure dropped by 2.8 percent from the 15.4 percent recorded in December 2016. Ghana started 2016 with an...
The Western Regional Minister-nominee, Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as the undue financial burden placed on cocoa farmers by government. He said the concept...
The Western Regional Minister-nominee, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has bemoaned the growing perception of child labour in the cocoa sector which he described as “grossly exaggerated.” During his vetting...
None of the ten regions of the country has up to 20percent of businesses or what the statistical service calls “non-household establishments” being formal, confirming concerns that a lot of...
* Is an important institution in the life of an individual (Genesis 1:26-27). * Is a union between a man and a woman (Gen. 2:24) from their respective families * Is an institution of proper planning,...
New figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that even though the Accra Metropolis has the smallest land area, it is heavily populated with establishments, followed by the Tema...
The Ghana Statistical Service has secured some funding to embark on a nationwide agricultural census to collect data on farmers, farm size and crops cultivated for decision making. The project should...
A nongovernmental organization, NORSAAC, says it would not be acceptable, if less than seven females are appointed as Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives in the Northern region....
The Majority in Parliament says Ghana may be fined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for wrong figures provided by the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. The caucus says...
The services sector emerged top as the leading employing sector of the economy, in 2014, contributing to more than half of the country’s GDP, that’s according to the Ghana Statistical Service....
The flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has praised government for the efforts being made to have a national identification system, commenting that the project...
