Ghana is said to be losing about 2.1 billion dollars annually due to tax incentives and holidays alone. This is contained in a new study conducted by Tax Justice Network Africa in Ghana and two other African countries namely Tanzania and Zambia. Policy Lead in charge of Tax and Extractives at the Tax Justice Network … Read more
By Gideon Sackitey Right at the center of many a discussion today is the decision of the Ghana Police Service to accept a GHc50,000.00 donation from the Chairman of the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies, Mr Tang Hong towards the construction of the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) Headquarters at the Nima Police Station … Read more
Vice-president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said government is to develop a beneficiary ownership regime to identify real owners of companies, as part of measures to fight corruption. He explained that the regime which would cover the extraction sector to stamp out corruption and tax evasion had become necessary because the country risked losing out, as … Read more
Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Linda Kwafo has accused President Mahama of exhibiting bad faith in confirming the appointments of heads of CHRAJ and NCCE respectively. President John Dramani Mahama who is exiting office on January 7 sworn in Josephine Nkrumah as Commissioner of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and Joseph … Read more
Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Linda Kwafo has accused President Mahama of exhibiting bad faith in confirming the appointments of heads of CHRAJ and NCCE respectively. President John Dramani Mahama who is exiting office on January 7 sworn in Josephine Nkrumah as Commissioner of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and Joseph … Read more
A?survey commissioned by IMANI Ghana has suggested that most Ghanaians are unhappy with high government spending. The respondents, numbering 10,020, from all the regional capitals, also largely answered ‘no’ to a question on whether the government should continue to spend heavily in spite of the country’s rising debt stock. Respondents from the Central Region were … Read more