What Osafo Marfo Really Said
During question time at the recently held Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting at the Labadi Beach Hotel on the theme: A Public-Private Dialogue On Stability, Growth and Jobs, Senior...
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What Osafo Maafo Really Said
During question time at the recently held Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting at the Labadi Beach Hotel on the theme: A Public-Private Dialogue On Stability, Growth and Jobs, Senior...
Funding Contradictions Worrying – Fiifi Kwetey
The inconsistency on the part of government officials with regards to the source of funding for the Free Senior High School programme is disturbing, Fiifi Kwetey, a former Minister of Transport, has...
Come Clear On Free SHS Funding
The Minority in parliament has charged President Nana Akufo-Addo to clarify “whether his government will use or not use the Heritage Fund for SHS education”. This was contained in a press release...
We’ve ‘enough Resources’ For Free SHS
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the Akufo-Addo government has ample resources to bankroll its Free Senior High School policy without needing to touch the Heritage Fund. “We are financing...
Otabil, Adei Dine With Ofori-Atta Over 2017 Budget
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that he has met up with the ICGC founder Dr. Mensa Otabil and other high profile Ghanaians as he prepares for his budget presentation in Parliament next...
Otabil, Adei Dine With Ofori-Atta Over 2017 Budget
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that he has met up with the ICGC founder Dr. Mensa Otabil and other high profile Ghanaians as he prepares for his budget presentation in Parliament next...
We’ll Take Risks In 2017 Budget – Ofori-Atta
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said government will take risks in the 2017 budget which is due next month. He says the budget will offer tax reliefs in order to open up the space for...
We Won’t Use Heritage Fund For Free SHS – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that the Akufo-Addo led government will not use the Heritage Fund to bankroll the free Senior High School policy. “We are financing the Free SHS education...
Osafo Marfo Is Wrong, We’ll Not Touch Heritage Fund – Fin. Minister
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has dismissed proposition by Senior Minister Yaw Osarfo Maafo that government intends to run the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy with the Heritage Fund. Hon....
Ken Ofori Atta and Osafo Marfo Contradict On Source of Funding
Finance minister, Ken Ofori Atta has dismissed claims that the Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration has initiated actions to finance its free Senior High School (SHS) policy with petroleum revenues...
We Won’t Touch Heritage Fund
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Akufo-Addo government has no intention of touching the Heritage Fund to bankroll the Free Senior High School policy. “We are not going to touch the...
Govt Will Not Finance Free SHS With Heritage Fund- Ofori Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has stated that government will not finance the Free Senior High School (SHS) promise it made with the Heritage Fund. This, is in sharp contrast with earlier...
2017 Budget Must Reduce Cost of Doing Business
The first budget of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) must come out with policies that will reduce the cost of doing business in Ghana and meet the needs of Ghanaians, economists and captains of...
In Ghana, Post-Election Fiscal Crunch Is Politics As Normal
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken power with ambitious plans to revive once spectacular economic growth, only to discover a $1.6 billion hole in the budget and a deficit twice as high as...
A Spectator? I Am Not One!
His Excellency the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, read us an inaugural speech on the 7th of January, this year. It was a speech full of wisdom. It talked about the need for every Tom,...
Government Begins Negotiations To Extend IMF Deal
Citi Business News can confirm that Government is considering extending Ghana’s program with the International Monetary Fund(IMF). Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei who...
Govt Begins Negotiations To Extend IMF Deal
Citi Business News can confirm that Government is considering extending Ghana’s program with the International Monetary Fund(IMF). Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei who...
A Spectator? I Am Not One!
His Excellency the President read us an inaugural speech on the 7th of January this year. A speech full of wisdom. It talked about the need for every Tom, Dig and Jane to be part of nation building....
Be More Accountable With Energy Sector Levy Proceeds
A policy think-tank, Institute of Energy and Climate change Policy (IECP) says the Finance Minister's decision to retain the energy sector levy in the medium term a prudent one. It said although the...