Abolishing Spare Parts Tax Will Encourage Smuggling – Seth Terkper
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper is warning of dire repercussions on Ghana’s economy given the reduction of taxes by the ...
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Akufo-Addo Has Not Reduced Anything Yet
The Minority in Parliament have asked government to provide definite answers on when the tax reliefs announced in the 2017 ...
2017 Budget: MPs Fly Placards Despite Ban By Leadership
Members of Parliament on Thursday, March 2, breached their own regulations over the use of placards in the House. The ...
FULL STATEMENT: 2017 Budget
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has presented the 2017 Budget Statement which happens to be his maiden one in Parliament. He ...
We Are In A Hurry To Fix Ghana – Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has enjoined Ghanaians to follow President Akufo-Addo’s steps to hurriedly fix the country. Presenting ...
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 ...
‘Kaya Tax’ Does Not Exist
The decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to scrap market tolls imposed on itinerant head porters (Kayayei) as announced by Minister ...
Kumasi-Paga Rail Lines, Others Captured In 2017 Budget
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has outlined government’s intended projects aimed at revamping the railway sector. Key among these ...
2017 Budget Disappointing
The Akufo-Addo-led government has disappointed a lot of Ghanaians especially contractors with the kind of budget it has put out ...
Biblical Ofori-Atta Tags ‘5-Loaves-2-Fishes’ Budget ‘Asempa Budget’
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, March 2 to deliver the 2017 budget statement ...
Gov’t To Develop Tourist Sites To World-Class Standards – Finance Minister
The government has set its sights on developing Ghana’s tourist sites to world-class standards. The move, according to Ken Ofori-Atta, ...
$1m Per Constituency To Be Implemented Under Poverty Eradication Project
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that government will set up an Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Project to cater for ...
Government Scraps ‘Kayayei Tax’
The Akufo-Addo government has resolved to scrap market tolls paid by itinerant head porters (Kayayei), Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has ...
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 ...
Jubilation In Abossey Okai Over Spare Parts Tax Removal; Dealers Promise To Reduce Prices
Spare parts dealers in Abossey Okai, the country’s foremost spare parts trade hub, have expressed excitement over the announcement by ...
Government Abolishes ‘Kayayei Tax’ In Maiden Budget
Government has abolished the 1% market tolls which has existed for several years. The move is in fulfilment of President ...
Mahama Left Akufo-Addo 5 Loaves, 2 Fish To Feed 25million – Ofori-Atta
The Mahama administration bequeathed to President Nana Akufo-Addo “five loaves of bread and two fish” to feed over 25 million ...
Ken Ofori-Atta Presents 2017 Budget
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta today presented the 2017 Budget and economic statement to the house of parliament. The presentation of ...
2017 Budget Statement
Ken Ofori-Atta is hopeful government will surmount the existing challenges with the economy Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has just presented ...
We’ll Deliver With 5 Loaves of Bread, 2 Fishes – Ofori-Atta
The Akufo-Addo government is ready to salvage the ailing Ghanaian economy with the scanty resources at its disposal, Finance Minister, ...