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Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has stated that Ghana is not in a rush to go to the international capital market. Ghana has been shut out of the international capital market after its debt levels reached unsustainable levels. It had to embark on a debt restructuring programme for both domestic …

Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has declared Ghana’s readiness to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board as it pushes for a US$3 billion Extended Credit Facility. The Paris Club and other major partners, this week, announced that it was giving financing assurances to allow Ghana receive the facility. Reacting to the development via …

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that it would take a while for the country to return to the international capital market. According to him, it may take at least three or more years. Ken Ofori-Atta explained that, although this new development may look like a challenge, it presents the country with …

The Founder and leader of the Lord’s Parliament Chapel International, Apostle Francis Amoako Attah, has prophesied that the caretaker of the late Rev. Anthony Kwadwo Boakye of Resurrection Power New Generation Church (RPNGC) will inherit the same sickness that killed him. The man of God added that three additional leaders …

The government of Ghana will this week start actively engaging external debtors with the view to getting debt cancellation, especially from the Paris club of creditors. The first stop of a government delegation seeking debt restructuring will be in China with Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta will be leading the team expected …

Former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng has spoken about what led to the collapse of his bank; the UT Banks, some 6 years after its collapse. The UT Bank was one of many affected during the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s banking sector cleanup, leading …

Ghana’s finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017 and was renominated after the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) retained power in the 2020 elections. Ofori-Atta assumed office as Minister of Finance on January 27, 2017, and has served in that capacity for almost seven years. …

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Sammy Gyamfi has said Finance Minister aken Ofori-Atta is a disease plaguing Ghana’s economy. Speaking on Newsfile on Saturday, 11 February 2023, Mr Gyamfi said: “This is the luckiest government we have seen in history”. “They’ve had unprecedented oil revenue, …

Following calls for some exemptions from government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has been summoned. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on Tuesday, February 7 endorsed a call from both sides of parliament for the minister to brief the House on the policy statement and issues emerging since its introduction. …

Leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Richard Amoako Baah says the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta should be blamed for the state of Ghana’s economy. According to him, the minister as the driver of Ghana’s economy had become intoxicated from ‘partying’ and engaging in reckless borrowing leading the country into an …