The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to move for the adoption of the Mid-Year Review Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government next week. The Mid-Year Budget, which is the Government’s supplementary estimate for the 2021 financial year, would be proposed to the House on Thursday, July …
Read More »Auditor-General asked to probe accounts of Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Samira Bawumia
The Minority in Parliament wants the Auditor-General to probe the accounts of spouses of the President and the Vice President. The call, made yesterday at a press briefing in Parliament by the NDC MPs, comes amid the raging controversy over the recommendation by a presidential commission—which was subsequently approved by Parliament for the payment …
Read More »Allow Ghanaian products into Nigerian market’- Bagbin to Nigerian Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, has promised that the face-off between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders would be resolved soon. Bagbin stated this in Abuja, Nigeria when he addressed members of the House of Representatives, at plenary. Addressing Members of the House of Representative, the first of its …
Read More »GH¢20.2 billion processed so far on Ghana.Gov platform – Ken Ofori-Atta
• Ken Ofori-Atta has said a total value of GH¢20 billion has so far been processed on the Ghana.GOV platform • The platform will make it easy for all citizens and visitors to make payments with convenience • Some 624,000 persons have already registered on the platform Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has …
Read More »Registrar-General reviews list of companies to be deleted on its database
The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) says it has commenced a review of the sample group of companies listed on its website for strike off. The exercise is to validate companies that complied with the directive for dormant companies to file their returns or risk being delisted from the companies register at …
Read More »Ghanaians travelling to Accra end up in Spain in emergency landing
Some passengers including Ghanaians are stranded in Malloca Spain after their KLΜ FLIGHT to Accra made an emergency landing due to bad weather. The cause for this emergency landing is yet unknown as some passengers suspect a mechanical fault o the KLM flight. The emergency landing caused so much frustration …
Read More »EOCO gets new boss
Steve Raymond Dapaa-Addo Esq. has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) effective July 9, 2021. Mr Dapaa-Addo practised in Ghana as a State Attorney and in Nigeria, where he worked with the Rivers State Ministry of Justice and rose to the position …
Read More »What happened to Asamoah Gyan’s Babyjet Airlines?
Babyjet Airline was expected to initially operate domestic flights, then offer regional flights Baby Jet Airlines, an initiative of former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, was expected to begin operations in December 2019. However, the airline has failed to fly. Why has the airline failed to take-off? This is what we …
Read More »Meet the twins nourishing Ghanaian diets with mushroom and snails
Mr. Kofi Yeboah and Ms Afua Yeboah are 38-year-old twins engaged in commercial production of oyster mushrooms and snails at Fosu in the Assin Central Municipality of the Central Region. Mr. Yeboah is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) while Madam Yeboah is a …
Read More »Government to ensure 50% of cocoa is processed locally – COCOBOD
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has stressed on government’s resolve to ensure that 50 percent of cocoa produced in the country is also processed locally. According to the Public Affairs Director of the institution, Fiifi Boafo, government has earmarked a number of measures to achieve the feat. Giving an address …
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