The Auditor General is validating the pension of some labour unions in the country to enable their fund managers receive the monies on their behalf. The Finance Minister Seth Tekper confirmed this in an interview on the Citi Breakfast show on Friday [November 25]. Some labour unions in the country including the Ghana National Association … Read more
Ghana’s Finance Minister has defended the government’s management of the economy, saying there have been significant improvements. Seth Tekper cited major economic policy decisions including specific investments in the power sector which prevented the country from sliding into a recession. In the last three years, the country has gone through serious economic challenges, which compelled … Read more
Some years ago, the nation adopted presidential debates as preludes to General Elections, and the activity has come to stay. However, it seems that apart from the 2012 debates, the key front runners never came together to slug it out. The debate took a more informal approach, where each candidate took the opportunity to comment … Read more
Parliament has approved a sum of 10.9 billion cedis to be used for the first 3 months of 2017 by an government that would be sworn in after the December 7 polls later this year. The amount is intended to aid the government, be it the New Patriotic Party (NPP) or the National Democratic Congress … Read more
Finance Minister Seth Tekper has charged contractors to do due diligence by ensuring that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) have adequate budgetary allocations for projects before they (contractors) undertake pRoberts in agreement with the MDA’s. The Finance Ministers’ comments come on the back of agitations by some contractors that government still owes despite the latter’s … Read more
Mr. Terkper was born in Somanya in the Eastern Region of Ghana, where he started his Elementary School education in the Presby cluster of schools. He obtained his first degree in Bachelor of Commerce (B. Comm.) from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana. He is also a Chartered Accountant who holds a Master … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest review report released on Thursday commended the government of Ghana for a satisfactory implementation of the program and meeting all the August 2015 performance criteria set. It further acknowledged of the government’s preparedness to meet the challenges the election year might pose. Finance Minister Seth Tekper attributed … Read more
Ghana and the United States have signed an agreement for the release of the $498,200,000 grant meant to improve power distribution in the country under the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Account. President John Mahama and US Secretary of State, John Kerry looked on as Ghana’s Finance Minister Seth Tekper and CEO of the … Read more