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The Minister-designate for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has reiterated his stance on the abolishment of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy). Speaking during the ministerial vetting on Monday, January 13, 2025, Dr. Ato Forson stated that he would seek to abolish E-levy as Finance Minister if he is given the …

John Kumah, a deputy Minister of Finance, has reportedly died. According to a news report by asaaseradio.com, a source close to the family confirmed the demise of the Deputy Finance Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Ejisu, in the Ashanti Region. Even though the cause of the …

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the Finance Minister, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, to complete Abandoned projects in the Ashanti Region. Some of the landmark projects include the Kumasi International Airport, Okomfo Anokye Maternity Block, and the Second Phase of the Kejetia Central Market redevelopment …

The Minister for Land and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has appointed former deputy minister Benito Owusu-Bio as Advisor to the Minister on Special Projects within the same ministry. According to a letter dated February 15, the appointee has been designated as Advisor to the Minister for Lands and Natural …

Former Minister for Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has outlined ambitious plans for a radical overhaul of Ghanaian sports in 2025 under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration. This commitment comes in the wake of the Black Stars’ disappointing exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) …

A letter from the Ministry of Finance has showed that the government has been changing Value Added Tax (VAT) on a section of electricity consumers in the country. The letter, which was signed by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, and addressed to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and …

Chieftaincy Minister, Stephen Asamoah Boateng,  has urgently called upon the National House of Chiefs to intervene in the escalating tensions between Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Dormaahene Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II. The duo have been engaged in a back-and-forth lately with the Dormaahene who chairs the Bono Regional House …

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, to as a matter of priority, liaise with stakeholders in the healthcare sector to find a lasting solution to the funding challenges associated with the training of post-graduate doctors in the country. He gave this directive in his address …

The government has signed two new Power Purchasing Agreement (PPAs) to add about 720 Mega Watts (MW) of power to the country’s generation capacity, Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has disclosed. The two agreements 370MW AKSA, Tema and 350MW AKSA, Kumasi were signed under the new PPA policy which …

A Ghanaian delegation led by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been meeting the country’s external creditors to push for them to immediately provide debt relief for Ghana  to enable it access the second tranche of the US$3 billion IMF support. The meetings are being held at the sidelines of …