‘Asempa Budget’ Triggers Jubilation
The expectations of Ghanaians with regard to the campaign promise by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the NPP to reduce the burden of taxes imposed on them by the previous Mahama-led NDC...
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Textile Workers Hit the Streets Next Week Over ‘deceptive’ Budget
The Textile and Garment Workers Union of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) is set to demonstrate on 9th March, 2017 against the government on the 2017 budget presented by the Finance Minister,...
VAT Removal Will Revamp Domestic Aviation Industry – Players
The domestic aviation industry has welcomed the removal of the 17.5% tax on domestic airline tickets. Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Africa World Airlines (AWA), Captain Samuel Thompson, said the...
Kayayei Jubilate In Kumasi
There was spontaneous jubilation in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, yesterday following the presentation of the 2017 budget statement by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament where he...
Defying Ban On Placards, Most Uncultured
The Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu has described some of his colleagues on the minority side as ‘uncultured’ lawmakers for defying ban on placards. The minority on Thursday...
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. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced Thursday that the Ghana Compact II...
NDC Always Presented ‘kwashiorkor’ Budget Statements
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has lashed out at the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration describing them as bad ‘political chefs’ who didn’t know...
2017 Budget Will Unleash More Hardships On Ghanaians
A former Deputy Finance Minister under the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, Fifi Kwetey has asked Ghanaians especially dealers in spare parts not to jubilate over...
GREDA Lauds Govt For Removing 5%VAT On Housing Cost
The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) has welcomed government’s decision to scrap the 5% VAT on cost of real estate. Presenting the budget in parliament yesterday, Finance Minister,...
Import Levy Killed Us
The introduction of the import levy on secondhand spare parts by the previous government drove away customers from all over West Africa who were travelling to Abossey Okai in Accra to conduct...
Creative Arts Remains One of the Most Underdeveloped Sectors
Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts remains one of the most underdeveloped sectors in our economy despite the immense growth potential and opportunities for job creation, Ken Ofori Atta Finance...
2017 Budget: NDC Frightened – Akoto-Osei
The National Democratic Congress have been frightened by the level of innovation and decision taken in the 2017 budget, according to Monitoring and Evaluation minister Dr. Anthony Akoto-Osei. The...
2017 Budget Is ‘Kasapa’ Budget
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDCs) Member of Parliament for Komenda Edina Eguafo (KEEA) constiuency Hon. Samuel Atta Mills in an interview today 2nd March, 2017 termed the maiden edition of...
Budget Can’t Achieve Targets — Minority
The Minority in Parliament has described the Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the 2017 financial year presented by the government to Parliament yesterday as a deception devoid of actionable...
Ghana Bags US$207m From Oil, 29% Dip
Ghana made US$207.79 million (GH?811.68 million) from oil liftings in 2016, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said in the Akufo-Addo government’s maiden budget statement delivered to parliament...
Tax Cuts Recipe For Disaster – Terkper
A former Finance Minister Seth Terkper is predicting doom for the economy of Ghana following a number of tax cuts and reductions. According to him, scrapping nine taxes and reducing three is a recipe...
2017 Budget Brings Huge Relief To Spare Parts Dealers, Kayayei
AUTO (spare) parts dealers across the country will soon heave a sigh of relief after the announcement by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, of government’s decision to abolish import duties...
Populist and 419 Budget Is A Jeopardy For the Medium Term
A former Deputy Finance Minister under the Mahama led administration, Ato Forson has predicted doom for the country following the presentation of the 2017 budget statement by sector Minister, Ken...
Cedi Was Stable For 2016 Period
The Ghana cedi remained relatively stable against the major trading currencies in the currency market, on account of tighter monetary policy and improved foreign exchange inflows for the period of...
Financial Analyst
The decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap some taxes and reduce some is apt, Bernard Owusu-Mensah, a Financial Analyst, has said. According to him, some of these taxes should have been...