Economy Back On Growth Path
The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Emmanuel Terkper, has stated that Ghana’s economy is getting back on the path of growth as a result of a sustainable home-grown policy that has been adopted by the...
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We’ll Mortgage Ghana’s Gas To China – Terkper
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, has confirmed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) claims that government intends to offer gas from one of the country’s gas fields to China for a loan from...
Cocoa Production To Improve
Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased investment in seed development programmes and infrastructure upgrades should improve...
Terkper Banks Hopes On TEN, Sankofa
The country’s debt stock which is currently about GH¢105 billion is expected to decline in 2017, with the economy returning to growth, the Minister for Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, has said. He said...
NPP’s Economic Policies Reckless – Veep
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has described as reckless the economic programmes contained in the manifesto of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). He claims the party should not...
Sports Ministry’s No Show Angers Speaker, Akoto Osei
The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Akoto Osei has charged persons in charge of government business to release members to go back to their constituencies if they are not serious in conducting...
My 170 Economic Claims Yet To Be Challenged
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice-Presidential candidate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has once again demanded that government responds to his 170 economic claims contained in a lecture where he denounced the...
GHC2bn Deficit Is Blow To Economy – Economist
Economist, Dr. Lord Mensah has criticized the almost 2 billion cedis budget deficit in the advance expenditure appropriation presented by the Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper. Parliament, on...
Parliament Adjourns Terkper’s 2017 Budget Delivery To November
Parliament has adjourned the delivery of the first quarter budget of the 2017 financial year to November. According to TV3‘s correspondent Rabiu Alhassan, the decision may have been informed by the...
Terkper Presents 2017 1Q Budget Today
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, is expected in Parliament today, October 20, 2016 to present an advanced budget covering government spending for the first quarter of 2017. The move has become...
Terkper To Present Advance Budget To Parliament
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, is expected to present to parliament on Thursday an advanced budget covering government spending from January to March 2017. This practice is in accordance with...
We Haven’t Overspent 2016 Budget – Mahama
President John Mahama says he is happy that his government has not overspent its 2016 budget in spite of pressures from various sectors to spend more on projects not budgeted for. According to him,...
Terkper Presents 2017 Budget Thursday
The minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, is scheduled to present the Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation and the Estimates of the Revenues and Expenditure of the government for the 2017...
Terkper Presents 2017 Estimate Expenditure To Parliament
The Minister of Finance, Mr. Seth Terkper, will next week present to Parliament the "Expenditure in Advance of the Appropriation, January to March 2017. The Minister is also expected to update the...
Taxation Battle Over Multinational Companies Non-Compliance
“Sadly, the compliance level of the oil and gas exploration and production companies in payment of levies and taxes is very low and in fact, pitiable,” contained in a letter Governor Henry...
World Bank, Others To Release $1.3bn For Nigeria’s Development Bank
World Bank, others to release $1.3bn for Nigeria’s development bank In line with its determination to revive the Nigerian economy, the federal government yesterday revealed that the Development...
IMF Offers Nigeria, Others Zero-Interest Loans
Nigeria alongside others with economic challenges can access long time concessionary facilities from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at zero interest rate, as the Fund has introduced zero...
SADA To Advocate For Sustained Source of Funding
The Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) is hopeful government will, next year, introduce a levy on non-petroleum imports to serve as a steady flow of resources and source of financing to...
BoG Announces Plans To Give Out Shares In NIB and ADB
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced plans to renounce its ownership of two banks in the country. Currently, the BoG, holds 44.06 and 48.17 per cent shares in National Investment Bank (NIB) and...
Fiscal Discipline Not Producing Growth
Dr Joe Abbey, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA), has disclosed that even though the extended credit facility of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Ghana was restoring...