Ken Ofori-Atta
2017 Budget Populist, Not Deceptive
The former Deputy Finance Minister Mona Helen Kabuki Quartey has stated that the 2017 budget read by the Finance...
Spare Parts Dealers To Cut Prices
Spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai in Accra have pledged to reduce the prices of their goods owing to the removal of...
Corruption Is Already A Felony Offence
A legal practitioner has suggested that government's attempt to elevate the sanctions for corruption from misdemeanor...
Heckling In Parliament Customary
The interruption of the presentation of the president or his ministers on the floor of parliament by the Minority is...
Seth Tekper Warns Akufo-Addo, Ofori-Atta Over ‘reckless’ Tax Abolishment
Seth Terkper, the finance minister under the erstwhile John Mahama-led administration doesn't agree with scraping taxes...
Increased From GH? 21m To GH? 45.8m
The sports industry received a shot in the arm yesterday when the government voted GH¢45.8 million as budgetary...
‘Kaya Tax’ Cruel – Braimah
Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has said the imposition of a tax...
NPP’s ‘asempa Budget’ Is Encouraging – ISODEC
The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) has described the maiden fiscal policy document presented by the...
Government To Return Economy On Track
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that the policies outlined in the maiden Budget Statement and Economic...
Budget 2017: We’re Against ECG Privatisation – Staff
Staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have re-echoed their opposition to the privatisation of the company....
Ghana’s MPs Indiscipline – A-Plus
Controversial hiplife artiste, A Plus, has described Ghanaian parliamentarians as the most indiscipline group in the...
Budget 2017: Gov’t Must Fulfill Promises – AGI
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has called on government to ensure the implementation of incentives promised...
Electricity VAT Must Go
Although the government of Ghana has scrapped some taxes and reduced others as a way of bringing down the cost of doing...
‘Asempa’ Budget ‘shallow’, A Run-Away-From-Reality
Former Deputy Finance minister Mona Quartey has predicted the Akufo-Addo government will backtrack on its economic...
Scrapping Kayayei Toll ‘discriminatory’ – Terkper
Former Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has described as discriminatory, the scrapping of tolls paid by head potters...
See Full List, Reactions From NDC Stakeholders
A large section of Ghanaians have expressed so much satisfaction over NPP’s abolished taxes, especially on some...
Ex-Deputy Sports Minister Joseph Yamin Claims Increased Sports Budget Is Inadequate
Former Ghana deputy sports minister Joseph Yamin claims an over 200% budget increment for sports is woefully...
‘Asempa’ Budget Dazes NDC
Jaw-dropping tax incentives and reliefs announced by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in the 2017 ‘Asempa’...
We’ll Pass RTI Bill – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will pass the Right to...