Kayayei Jubilate In Kumasi
There was spontaneous jubilation in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, yesterday following the presentation of the 2017 budget statement by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament where he...
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President Akufo-Addo Has Promised Me Position
The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has revealed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is going through the process of appointing him as Chief...
Fred Oware Appointed Acting Bui Power Authority CEO
The former first Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Fred Oware has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bui Power Authority by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-...
Budget Can’t Achieve Targets — Minority
The Minority in Parliament has described the Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the 2017 financial year presented by the government to Parliament yesterday as a deception devoid of actionable...
Tax Cuts Will Boost Local Businesses
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Obuasi West Constituency, Kwaku Kwarteng, says the government’s aim of abolition and reducing some taxes is to help businesses expand and...
Government Promises Overambitious – MP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) took Ghanaians for granted during the 2016 electioneering campaign by making ambitious and expensive promises just to win political power and will now have to fulfil...
GHS456m For 1-District-1-Factory Promise
Government has budgeted the GHS456million to kick off the One-District-One-Factory policy, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed. This was contained in the budget statement of the Akufo-Addo...
NPP, NDC Supporters Clash Over Bus Terminal In Kumasi
Six persons were injured, with two in critical condition, after clashes occurred between New Patriotic Party (NPP), and National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters at the Kumasi-Tamale bus terminal...
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 Patriotic Party (NPP) to scrap levies exacted from head porters popularly called...
Akufo-Addo’s Tax Cuts Deceptive, Populist – Ato Forson
A former Deputy Finance Minister has cautioned Ghanaians to brace up for difficult times because of challenges he envisages government's decision to scrap some taxes might pose for the economy....
Gov’t Allocates Ghc456m For ‘1-District-1-Factory’ Project
The government has budgeted GH¢456.3 million to be used to implement its flagship one-district one-factory policy programme. This was contained in the 2017 budget statement presented before...
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 presented before parliament as deceptive and populist. According to him, the...
NPP’s 2017 Budget Full of Contradictions
A former minister of communications in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, Dr Edward Omane Boamah has described the 2017 budget statement presented by Minister of Finance Ken...
Government Will Expand Sports Infrastructure – Finance Minister
Ken Ofori Attah is the new finance minister Reading the maiden budget of the President Nana Akufo Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in parliament today, Ken Ofori Attah the new finance...
2017 Budget Promises 1m Jobs
Government has promised to provide jobs for over one million youth through its local job creation policy outlined in the 2017 budget statement. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised the New...
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 has announced. According to the Minister, the...
‘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 generate over 350, 000 direct and indirect...
Free SHS Policy Will Cause NPP’s Defeat In 2020 Elections
The former Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Joseph Yamin has prophesised doom for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 general elections...
Post-Mortem Underway Within CPP — Ivor Greenstreet
The 2016 flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has said a post-mortem is underway within the CPP to determine the steps the party will take to be truly...
Eight Injured In NPP, NDC Clash At Alabar
Over 20 armed police officers have taken over the Aboabo bus station at Alabar in Kumasi after a brawl ensued between some members of the two main parties – the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and...