Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has urged Members of Parliament(MPs) to do a good job at scrutinising the Budget before the House approves it in the interest of Ghanaians. The Finance...
Ghana has quite a story to tell. It was the first country south of the Sahara to wean itself off colonial rule. With power to govern now firmly rested in her own hands, Ghana’s different leaders...
Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has likened some aspects of the maiden budget of the Nana-Addo administration to a Kweku Ananse story. Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta...
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the minority’s decision to heckle him with “419” labelled placards during the budget reading, emboldened him. He said the digits 419 reminded him of...
IMANI Africa’s President, Franklin Cudjoe, has questioned the absence of a policy document for the Akufo-Addo government’s free Senior High School (SHS) as delivered in the 2017 budget statement....
Economist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Ebo Turkson has lauded government for abolishing some taxes that are considered nuisance and a disincentive to private sector growth. Dr....
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the minority’s decision to heckle him with “419” labelled placards during the budget reading, emboldened him. He said the digits 419 reminded him of...
Thursday’s budget presented in parliament by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has silenced critics and political opponents who said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government would not be able to...
Some commercial sex workers claim the budget did not address problems in their business(file photo) Some commercial sex workers are at the government’s throat claiming the 2017 budget read by the...
Economist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Ebo Tuckson has lauded government for abolishing some taxes that are considered nuisance and a disincentive to private sector growth. Dr....
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has cast doubts over the government’s ability to meet potential revenue deficits following some tax cuts. He argues that government will also be compelled to...
An Economist has dismissed the erstwhile NDC administration’s oft-repeated assertion that it borrowed to finance key infrastructural projects. According to a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute...
The 2017 budget statement read to Parliament by Mr Ken Ofori Atta on 02 March 2017 was a very competent one. It was also quite transparent. It conveyed a clear balance of payments message. The...
A renowned economist has given high marks to the 2017 budget statement of Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration but points out likely policy implementation challenges. Dr Eric Osei-Assibey, a Senior...
The Minority in Parliament has acknowledged the effort of the government to remove a number of taxes to create space for the private sector. However, it said the measures could have the opposite...
The Akufo-Addo government’s maiden budget statement delivered by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, was met with jeers of “419 budget” from the Minority in Parliament, and the NDC MP for Ketu...
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament has described the maiden budget of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of President Akufo-Addo as a populist budget full of...
The Akufo-Addo government’s maiden budget statement delivered by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, was met with jeers of “419 budget” from the Minority in Parliament, and the NDC MP for Ketu...
The government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must ensure that tax laws are enforced strictly in Ghana to raise more revenue to implement its programmes and policies, Dr John Gatsi, an economist and...
Although it is good that some taxes, including the 1% special import levy, have been scrapped, the government should tackle the underlying problems confronting small-scale businesses, Kwame Jantuah,...
