‘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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Finance Minister Outlines Steps To Reduce Ghana’s Suffocating Debt Burden
The Minister of Finance has painted a rather gloomy picture of the country's indebtedness which has resulted in a suffocating interest payment. According to Ken Ofori Atta, interest payment alone for...
Ghana’s Deficit Highlights Downside Fiscal Risks – Fitch
Credit Ratings Agency – Fitch – has said Ghana's disclosure of $1.6billion unreported expenditure and the resulting failure to hit the 2016 fiscal deficit target highlights substantial risks to...
President Akufo- Addo’s Address Attracts Mixed Reactions
The maiden State of the Nation Address, delivered by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to Parliament, on Tuesday, in Accra has attracted mixed reactions. While some on the side of the Majority...
Fifi Kwetey and Afriyie Akoto Spat Over Akufo-Addo’s Agric Vehicle For Jobs
President Akufo-Addo's pledge to use agriculture as a vehicle to solving unemployment which is one of Ghana's biggest challenges has set two Members of Parliament splitting hairs. Member of...
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...
Government Will Spend On Education of Child — Opoku-Prempeh
The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, yesterday acknowledged that although rolling out the free senior high school (SHS) education policy would be tough, the government would spend...
Property Addressing System To Be In First Budget
Government is determined to have a digital Property Addressing System as well as a National Identification System by the end of the year, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has indicated. In line...
A New Patriotic Party member of parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, has denied ever running a civil servants payroll software, which he used in stealing money from the state as alleged by...
NDC Loots Flagstaff House; TV Sets, Wall Clocks and Calendars Stolen
All assets found or being displayed at any facility serving as the seat of government, under normal circumstances belong to the state. It is, therefore, not common for one to hear or read that...
NPP Suffering From Policy Credibility
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu is accusing the barely one month old Nana Akufo-Addo government of suffering from policy credibility. Mr Iddrisu said the NPP cannot promise one thing in opposition and...
NPP Suffering From Policy Credibility- Haruna Iddrisu
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu is accusing the barely one month old Nana Akufo-Addo government of suffering from policy credibility. Mr Iddrisu said the NPP cannot promise one thing in opposition and...
Paying BDC Debts Will Give Us Respite – OMCs
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have expressed confidence in the new administration to complete the payments of the BDC debt. According to them, adequate structures have been put in place, for the...
Paying BDC Debts Will Give Us Respite – OMCs
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have expressed confidence in the new administration to complete the payments of the BDC debt. According to them, adequate structures have been put in place, for the...
BoG To Issue New GHS5 Notes On March 4
The Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Asiama has disclosed that the Bank of Ghana(BoG) will unveil new banknote in five-cedi (GH¢5) denominations. According to him, the...
Vote Against NPP If Corruption Resides In Gov’t
Maverick Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has indicated that he will campaign against his party the New Patriotic Party (NPP) if they misuse the country’s money. According...
Mahama’s Bungalow Request Premeditated – Martin Amidu
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has said that former President John Mahama’s request to keep his official bungalow as part of his retirement package was a ploy he nursed over the years. John...
Nana Addo’s Tax Cuts Won’t Conflict IMF’s Conditions- Economist
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) prepares to meet the Nana Akufo-Addo government for its first review, discussions are rife on how the government’s tax cut programmes will fit into the...
Tax Cuts Not the Solution – Ken Thompson
The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Limited, Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, has asked the Nana Akufo-Addo led administration to go beyond just scrapping taxes and rather come...