2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta earlier today, , March 2nd 2017, delivered his government’s first budget statement and economic policy ...
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Import Duties On Auto Spare Parts To Be Abolished
The government plans to remove import duties on automobile spare parts to help reduce prices of vehicle spare parts in ...
GHC16billion Will Be Allocated To Wages, Salaries – Ofori-Atta
GH¢16billion will be used for wages and salaries alone in 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament as he ...
Importers Excited Over Abolition 1% Special Import Levy
Importers in Ghana have welcomed the abolition the 1% special import levy charged at the ports. The Finance Minister, Ken ...
Minority Brands 2017 Budget ‘419’
The minority in parliament has described the 2017 budget as '419 budget' The Minority in parliament has described the maiden ...
Government Targets Overall Real GDP Growth of 6.3% In 2017
Government says it will shift the focus of economic management from taxation to production in the bid to restore and ...
Taxes On Airline Fares, Spare Parts Abolished
The Financed Minister Ken Ofori Atta has announced major tax cuts in government’s first budget presented to Parliament today, Thursday ...
GHC456m Budgeted For ‘1-District-1-Factory’ Project
The government has estimated Gh¢456.3 million to roll out its much talked about One-district-One-Factory policy, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta ...
Ghc252m Earmarked To Restore Allowances of 120k Nurses, Teachers
The government has allocated Gh¢252.2 million in the 2017 Budget to take care of reinstituted allowances for teacher and trainee ...
Free SHS Policy Speech Writers Are ‘enemies’ of Akufo-Addo
The former Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Joseph Yamin has lashed out at speech writers of ...
GHS400m For Free SHS – Government
Government has budgeted GHS400million to fund its Free Senior High School policy, which starts September this year, Finance Minister Ken ...
‘Stimulus Package’ For One-District-One-Dam Will Create 350,000 Jobs
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has said the much touted, election winning campaign policy- one district one factory- will ...
Government To Roll Out NPP Version of ‘operation Feed Yourself’
The last time Ken Ofori-Atta presented a budget it was perhaps before a small group of NPP bigwigs and he ...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ To Create 750, 000 Jobs – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says government seeks to create about 750,000 direct and indirect jobs with the yet-to-be launched ‘planting ...
Importers Excited Over Abolishment of 1% Import Duty Levy
Importers in Ghana have welcomed the abolishment of the 1% special import levy charged at the ports. The Finance Minister, ...
Taxes On Imported Spare Parts; Kayayei Abolished
The Akufo-Addo government has abolished import duty taxes on spare parts as it promised during the campaign for election 2016. ...
Gov’t To Add 1,207MW To Power Generation In 2017
The Akufo-Addo-led government has outlined plans to increase the country’s power generation capacity in 2017. According to the Minister of ...
Spare Parts Importation; 17.5% VAT On Financial Services Etc
Government on Thursday made a loud statement in Parliament with the announcement of its decision to remove many “nuisance” taxes ...
Government To Scrap Petrol Duty – Ofori-Atta
Government also intends to reduce the special petroleum tax rate from 17.5% to 15%.(file photo) Excise duty on petroleum products ...
‘1-District, 1-Factory’ To Create Over 350,000 Jobs Nationwide – Finance Minister
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Ken Ofori-Atta says the implementation of the much-anticipated ‘1-district, 1-factory’ policy is estimated to ...