Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is seeking approval to spend some ¢6.3 billion in its Supplementary Budget for the remaining months of the fiscal year. This was contained in the order paper for Monday’s proceedings in parliament as the Minister presents the Mid-year Review as well as Supplementary Budget. Based on the 2019 …
Read More »Gov’t reviews 2019 budget to GHS 85.1 billion
The government of Ghana is seeking approval for extra expenditure of some GHS 6.4billion in its Mid-Year Review and Supplementary Estimates. This was contained in the Order of Business of Parliament on Monday, 29 July 2019 ahead of the Mid-Year Review Budget presentation to parliament by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. …
Read More »Ashantis are too tribalistic; they want Akufo-Addo to fail – Prophet Oduro reveals
Founder and leader of the Alabaster International Ministry, Prophet Kofi Oduro has made some revelations about the New Patriotic Party(NPP). According to him, the NPP is too petty when it comes to who becomes what, all because of tribalism. Prophet Oduro stated that the Ashanti’s and Kwahu’s were too tribalistic …
Read More »Gold Coast customers storm Parliament over locked up cash
Hundreds of protesters claiming to be customers of Gold Coast Securities on Monday besieged the premises of Parliament and the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) appealing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and legislators to help them retrieve their locked up cash with the Non-banking financial institution. Customers of the …
Read More »895 trafficked Ghanaians rescued
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP), Mrs Cynthia Morrison has revealed that about 895 victims of human trafficking have been rescued since 2017 by the ministry in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service and the Economic and Organised Crime Organization (EOCO) Addressing a programme …
Read More »10 things to expect from the 2019 mid-year budget review
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to be in Parliament on Monday, July 29, 2019 to present to the House, a review of Ghana’s 2019 budget. The presentation of the mid-year budget review is in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). …
Read More »LIVE UPDATES: Finance Minister presents 2019 Mid-year review budget
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to be in Parliament today to present to the House, a review of Ghana’s 2019 budget. The presentation of the mid-year budget review is in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). Ahead of the presentation, …
Read More »2019 Mid-year Review: ‘Petrol, mobile tax to go up’
Pro-government newspaper, The Daily Statesman, has hinted that the Finance Minister will announce an increase in petroleum and mobile tax today. Ken Ofori-Atta, will address Parliament Monday morning to ask for more money to meet mainly urgent and priority infrastructural demands as the huge costs of saving the financial sector …
Read More »Part 2: True status of NPP’s 17 plus tax measures – ESLA, temporary and other taxes
Introduction Part 1 examined nine VAT measures that are extolled as fiscal success and concluded by noting several flaws that negate their effectiveness: distortion of the tax structure, increase in tax burden, and not non-achievement of ambitious revenue targets for almost three (3) years. Part II discusses the Energy Sector …
Read More »I’m beyond bashing, only fools will insult me – Badu Kobi tells critics
The Leader and founder of Glorious Wave Church International. Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has described those who were insulting him over his comments about Ashanti, Fanti and Ewe women as fools. In a latest video cited online by GhanaWeb, the Prophet stated behind his pulpit Sunday morning that he is …
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