Deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei-Asare has condemned members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) for declaring a strike over salary arrears which government has already committed to pay by Friday. The graduate teachers declared an indefinite strike Wednesday April 4 to demand the payment of their outstanding salaries among other arrears. At a … Read more
In fulfilment of their earlier promise, government says it has released 50 percent of the total Free SHS budget for September to December schooling. The released amount which is Ghc240 million is half of the Ghc486 million meant to take care of first term of the 2017/2018 academic year. Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei-Asare, … Read more
The Vice President Mahmmud Bawumia has charged the newly constituted Board of Directors of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to resuscitate the scheme. He said the scheme was at a critical stage and needed the full expertise of the Board to improve. “There is so much we want to do within a limited budget. … Read more
Vice- President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has inaugurated a 17-member Board for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) with a call on the members to use their expertise and experience to rescue and resuscitate the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). “We have got to save and resuscitate the NHIS,” he said, adding, “You have got to … Read more
The government is to launch in June, this year, a national financial inclusion strategy aimed at making financial services accessible to all Ghanaians, a Deputy Minister of Finance, Ms Abena Osei Asare has said. She said the strategy would address issues of soundness and stability in the financial market and oversee the deployment of financial … Read more
The Ministry of Finance has set a target to increase the country’s banked population from 58% to 75 % by the year 2020. In line with the target, the ministry will in June this year launch a National Financial Inclusion Strategy targeted at financial literacy, a key tool for financial inclusion. According to the ministry, … Read more
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has fired salvos at the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in parliament, describing them as “ignorant” following their stance over the issuance of a $2.25 billion 15-year domestic bond. The minority at a press briefing on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 cited the finance minister for conflict of interest and lack … Read more
A deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei Asare is accusing the minority of deception over claims of conflict of interest against her boss Ken Ofori-Atta. The minority at a press briefing on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 cited the finance minister for conflict of interest and lack of transparency in the issuance of $2.25 billion 15-year bond. … Read more
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the resignation of Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta over alleged conflict of interest. The opposition MPs claim a close associate of Mr. Ofori Atta was offered a deal to buy more than 90 percent of the country’s $2.25 billion bond. The investor, Trevor Tref-game is also the chairman of … Read more
Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Mrs. Abena Osei-Asare, has revealed that government, in collaboration with development partners, is developing a national Financial Inclusion Strategy aimed at increasing access to formal financial services for adult population from the current 58% to 75% by 2023. She said giving the diverse nature of financial services; the strategy … Read more
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has disclosed that government is determined to ensure the reactivation of the SSNIT informal sector pension scheme that was put on ice by the previous National Democratic Congress government. The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has disclosed that government is determined to ensure the reactivation of the … Read more
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has urged the management and board of directors of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to act in the interest of contributors to the scheme and ensure the robustness and prosperity of the trust. He said a look at the performance of the investment portfolio of … Read more
Parliament on Friday approved seven deputy ministers appointed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. They include, Kwaku Agyeman Kwarteng, Charles Adu Boahen and Abena Osei Asare, all deputy Finance Ministers. The rest are Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, Owuraku Aidoo, Joseph Cudjoe, who are deputies to the Energy Minister and Henry Quartey, Deputy Interior Minister. … Read more
Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, Deputy Minister-Designate for Finance has maintained that the outstanding arears the New Patriotic Party(NPP) administration inherited from the NDC government could be more than GH¢7 billion Cedis. He said there were still many outstanding obligations of government but those that had come to the attention of the Ministry of Finance was what … Read more
The appointments committee of parliament is expected to sit continuously for 6 days in order to vet all 54 ministerial nominees announced my President Nanan Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo making his full complement of his government before going on recess. Four Ministers of State including the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Ms Sarah Adwoa … Read more
Sources have given hints of some of the names the President has pencilled for appointment Some of President Akufo-Addo’s deputy ministerial nominees were taken through an orientation at the Flagstaff House on Monday. They were reportedly taken through how to discharge their duties selflessly as public officers should they get Parliamentary approval after vetting. The … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, Abena Osei-Asare, got the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) members agitated when she said in 2016 alone the NDC government wasted a whopping GH¢4 billion on “needless upfront tax exemptions” on duties to individual corporate groups instead of the … Read more
The renaming of the Golden Jubilee House to Flag Staff House after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won power in 2009 by late President Atta Mills was reflective of his pettiness, the Member of Parliament for Atiwa East, Abena Osei Asare has said. Originally called the Flagstaff House when the Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah … Read more
The Presiding Member of the Atiwa District Assembly, Ernest Adade Wiredu has been backed by three groups as the right man for the appointment of a District Chief Executive for the area. The Concerned Assembly Members of Atiwa, Concerned Chiefs of Atiwa and some members of the New Patriotic Party in the Atiwa East have … Read more
A statement made in parliament yesterday by Abena Osei-Asare, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, on the 180th anniversary of Wesley Girls’ High School in Cape Coast, Central Region – which falls today – evoked a lot of strong emotions amongst MPs. It ignited a debate … Read more