Budget Has Frightened NDC
Minority Members in Parliament have been hit with excessive fear following the bold decisions that have been taken by 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 christened his budget ‘’ ...
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 building character, ...
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 building character, ...
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 criminal code will be ...
‘Kaya Tax’ Nonexistent
The decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap market tolls imposed on itinerant head porters (Kayayei), as announced by Minister ...
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 ...
Importers Association Plead
The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, Samson Awingobit, has lauded government for his announcement of ...
Spare Parts Dealers To Reduce Prices Over Tax Cuts
Consumers of spare parts should expect reduction in prices of goods within the coming months. The reduction has been necessitated ...
SSNIT Database To Fight Ghost Names In Government Payroll
The perennial complaints by governments of public sector wage bills being inundated with corrupt practices such as false claims and ...
See the MPs Who Flouted the ‘no Placard’ Directive
The Leadership argued that the development casts the image of the legislature in a bad light. Some Members of Parliament ...
Government Lacks ‘wherewithal’ To Scrap ‘kaya’ Toll – Terkper
Government does not have the ability to scrap market tolls imposed on itinerant head porters (kayayei), because there is no ...
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 ...
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 he ...
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 Enterprise (SOE) debts. ...
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) ...
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 ...
Stimulus Package In 2017 Budget Juicy
The head of the Economics Department of the University of Ghana has described as juicy the stimulus package announced by ...
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 ...
Spare Parts Dealers To Reduce Prices Over Tax Cuts (Video)
Consumers of spare parts should expect reduction in prices of goods within the coming months. The reduction has been necessitated ...