Over 26,000 Workers To Be Removed
The Minister of Finance has ordered the removal of 26,589 public sector workers from the payroll commencing April 2017 for not registering on the new Social Security and National Insurance Trust...
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Minority Calls For Inquiry Into Government Bond
The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday called for a full-scale parliamentary inquiry into the recent US$2.25 billion bond issued by the NPP government. According to them the transaction lacked...
Import Duty On Aircraft Spare Parts To Be Scrapped – GCAA
The thebftonline.com has gathered that, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is working with government to eliminate import duty on aircraft parts and other ancillary aircraft equipment....
Veep, Finance Minister Attend IMF/World Bank Springs 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...
Full Text, Minority’s Press Statement On Nana Addo’s First 100 Days
ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF DECEPTION, THUGGERY, CORRUPTION AND OSTENTATION - AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT SO FAR BY THE NDC MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY 17TH APRIL, 2017. Honourable...
Nothing Untoward Happened With Gov’t’s $2billion 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 News, he...
I Didn’t Even Know About $2.25bn Bond Issued – Gloria Akuffo
The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, has denied allegations from the Minority in Parliament implicating her in a possible conflict of interest case with respect to the issuance of the recent $2.25...
Ken Ofori-Atta Secured $ 2.25 Bn Bond For Cronies
The Minority in Parliament is calling for a full scale parliamentary probe into how some persons they refer to as very close friends of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, purchased ninety five...
Minority To Petition US Body Over Ofori-Atta ‘cronyism and Nepotism’
The Minority in Parliament says it will petition the Financial Services Authority of the United States of America for a conflict of interest situation involving Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken...
Ken Ofori-Atta Secured GHC 2.25 Bn Bond For Cronies
The Minority in Parliament is calling for a full scale parliamentary probe into how some persons they refer to as very close friends of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, purchased ninety five...
NDC MPs Want Parliamentary Probe Into Government’s 15-Year Bond
The Minority in Parliament has asked for a probe into government's local bond issued some days ago, citing a conflict of interest situation involving the Attorney-General (A-G). The National...
We Cannot Wait For Four Years
We cannot wait for four years - NDC The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it cannot wait for four years to elect another president whilst President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and...
Removal of 50,000 ‘ghost’ Names To Save GHC250million
Government is expected to save 250 million cedis this year as it commences processes to clean the public sector payroll. The amount to be saved from the directive also affects about 50,000 public...
Bawumia, Ofori-Atta Lead Government Delegation To 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....
Bond Sale Sparks Fears of Exchange Rate Shocks
Concerns over the huge foreign dominance in the country’s recent uptake of $2.25 billion in offshore bond transaction have sparked fears of imminent exchange rate shocks when investors withdraw...
Government Begins Roadshow To Consolidate Investor Confidence In Economy
Government has started engaging investors outside the country to try and address any concerns they have with the Ghanaian economy. The engagement with these investors which has been described as a...
How the NPP Arrested the Cedi In 100 Days
The vice president, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has arrested the Cedi in just 100 days in office. According...
Govt To Remove Over 26,000 Workers From Payroll
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has directed that names of 26,589 public sector workers be removed from government’s payroll this month. A press statement from the ministry copied to Citi...
Minority’s Assessment of Akufo-Addo’s 100 Days In Office
ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF DECEPTION, THUGGERY, CORRUPTION AND OSTENTATION - AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT SO FAR BY THE NDC MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY 17TH APRIL, 2017. Honourable...
Government To Remove Over 26,000 Workers From Payroll
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has directed that names of 26,589 public sector workers be removed from government’s payroll this month. A press statement from the ministry copied to Citi...