The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has disclosed that it will by the middle of August 2017 remove all check points that have impeded trade activities in the country. The plan is ahead of a September deadline to get all barriers and checkpoints removed to facilitate the movement of goods, persons and … Read more
Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has assured that government will launch the national digital address system in a few months’ time. This he says will be merged with a post code to ensure the unique identification of various addresses. “In the next couple of months, we want to launch the National digital address system for … Read more
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Dennis Amfo-Sefa, says any attempt by former President John Mahama to return to the Presidency in 2020 would be mark his political demise. “We know that the former President and his team have begun meeting people, especially NDC constituency executives, to woo them and get … Read more
The government of Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sinohydro Corporation Limited for the execution of a number of key projects across the country. Among others, the Chinese state-owned company will undertake a multipurpose hydro project at Pwalugu; a Volta Lake Transportation Project; an Accra Flood Prevention Project, as well as other priority … Read more
Switzerland supports Ghana to help boost the country’s economy… The country of Ghana has received an amount of $80 million from Switzerland as part of efforts to strengthen the Ghanaian economy. The sum was channelled to Ghana by the Switzerland government for the purpose of supporting the enhanced competitiveness of Ghanaian enterprises in the global … Read more
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted that government intends to work towards the introduction of non-custodial sentencing law. This they [government] believe “will offer many more non- custodial sentence options to our judges so as to avoid the congestion and human rights abuses and all the associated ills that we are currently observing … Read more
Government has given approval to the Ghana Prison Service to recruit 1,000 prison officers to enhance its performance so as to meet the international best practices in prison administration. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia made the disclosure in Accra on Tuesday at the inauguration of a 13-member Governing Council of the Ghana Prisons Council. He … Read more
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged Ghanaian investors to take advantage of the business relations existing between Ghana and Sudan to make significant investments that would bring them appreciable returns. Dr. Bawumia, who threw the challenge when he hosted the Minister of State at the Ministry of Investment of Sudan, Mr. Osama Faisal Elsayed … Read more
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged Ghanaian investors to take advantage of the business relations existing between Ghana and Sudan to make significant investments that would bring them appreciable returns. Dr. Bawumia, who threw the challenge when he hosted the Minister of State at the Ministry of Investment of Sudan, Mr. Osama Faisal … Read more
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said government has not given up on the fight against illegal mining also known as galamsey. A former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akandor, had accused the government of losing the fight against galamsey because it was not using the right approach to fighting the … Read more
President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, July 6, 2017, sworn into office members of the Police Council, which is chaired by the Vice President of Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to President Akufo-Addo, the Police Council was one of the most important organs of the State, and, as such “I … Read more
Spyder Lee Entertainment signed recording musician, Ete Dakitse, on Thursday, 29th June, 2017 performed for the President, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the first family at the Glam Africa Ball held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra. The event, put together by Glam Africa, in partnership with My Sisters Keeper Foundation Ghana, was … Read more
Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the government will do all it can to support mining companies operating responsibly as a means of stimulating the country’s economic growth. The Vice President expressed his optimism at the positive outcome of the various fiscal policies being implemented under the new … Read more
Government is to hold a national stakeholders forum to find sustained solutions to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Minister of Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has announced. “It’s our priority now to do what we can do best to see what solutions we can bring on,”’ the minister assured the House and the nation last … Read more
That Ghana is inviting the Chinese to mine bauxite at Atiwa and some other ore centres has made remarkable headlines this week. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says his government sought to leverage less than five percent of our bauxite deposits to unlock close to $20billion. According to him, Ghana has about 460million tonnes of bauxite … Read more
Business Associations protesting the implementation of the 3% VAT Flat rate scheme are skeptical of a positive outcome for the appeals to get the tax scrapped. They contend that the apparent support by the Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) for the VAT could limit the chances of getting their grievances addressed. Business Associations comprising the … Read more
Nana Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, July 6, 2017, swore into office the members of the Police Council, which is chaired by the Vice President of Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to President Akufo-Addo, he expects the council to give him “strong, independent advice in the maintenance of law and order in the country.” President Akufo-Addo noted that … Read more
A new Council for the Ghana Police chaired by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has been sworn into office to among other things, work towards reversing the widely held perception that the Police Service is corrupt. “The citizenry can only have confidence in the Police Service when they are seen to be honest and would … Read more
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng says the government is not worried about the Minority’s plan to head to court over the implementation of a 3% flat VAT rate scheme. According to him, it is surprising that the minority who had agreed to the amendment in Parliament would backtrack and claim it is unlawful. … Read more
A coalition of environmental groups has asked government to as a matter of urgency take out the Atiwa Range Forest in Kyebi from the Ghana-China deal. In a press statement jointly signed on Wednesday, July 5, the group expresses disbelief as to why government will leverage “priceless assets” as part of its international financial bargaining … Read more