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2017 Budget Is ‘Kasapa’ Budget

The National Democratic Congress’ (NDCs) Member of Parliament for Komenda Edina Eguafo (KEEA) constiuency Hon. Samuel...

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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...

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Budget Has Frightened NDC

Minority Members in Parliament have been hit with excessive fear following the bold decisions that have been taken by...

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IMANI’s Quick Picks From 2017 Budget

The general feeling is that the Minister passed his first test given the replication of major campaign promises in the...

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IMANI’s Quick Picks From Ghana’s Post 2016 Election Budget

Yesterday, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori- Atta presented his maiden budget to Parliament. The minister...

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Government Will Shift Focus of Education System

Government aims to shift the structure and content of the education system away from merely passing examinations to...

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Government Will Shift Focus of Education System- Finance Minister

Government aims to shift the structure and content of the education system away from merely passing examinations to...

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Government Moves To Make Corruption A Felony

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said as part of the government’s commitment to fighting corruption, the...

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GHS456m For 1-District-1-Factory Promise

Government has budgeted the GHS456million to kick off the One-District-One-Factory policy, Finance Minister Ken...

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Wages, Salaries To Swallow GHC16bn – Ofori-Atta

GHS16billion will be used for wages and salaries alone in 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament as...

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Government Will Pay State Debts By Improving Liquidity For Banks

The Finance Minister says government would focus on improving liquidity for banks through the payment of State-Owned...

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Only Form 1 Students To Be Covered In 1st Year of Free SHS – Akoto-Osei

The Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Anthony Akoto- Osei, has said the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme...

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Akufo-Addo’s Removal of Kayayei Levy Discriminatory – Oko Vanderpuije

Former Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije has described as discriminatory the decision by the governing New...

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Spare Parts Dealers To Demonstrate Over 2017 Budget

Spare parts dealers in the capital, Accra are set to stage a massive demonstration over the abolishing of tax on the...

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NPP’s 2017 Budget Is “deceptive and Populist”

A former Deputy Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has described the 2017 budget statement and economic policy...

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NPP’s 2017 Budget Full of Contradictions

A former minister of communications in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, Dr Edward Omane...

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Importers Laud President Akufo-Addo

Importers in Ghana have welcomed the decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap the 1% special import levy as a...

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Tourism Minister Gets Thumbs-Up

The Tourism Federation (GHATOF) has expressed satisfaction with the manner in which the newly appointed Tourism...

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Public Workers Without Biometric SSNIT ID To Be Removed From Payroll

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says public sector workers who are not biometrically registered on the Social Security...