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Gravely ill Chieftaincy Minister, Alexander Kojo-Kum has been ferried to parliament in an ambulance to assist in passing the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The Majority in the House has had challenges with numbers to pass the E-levy. The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabeyan, Sara …

Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta stated emphatically that all things being equal, Parliament will pass the E-Levy by the end of March 2022. Addressing the public on the decisions taken by the government towards reviving the economy he said the levy which has been opposed by the Minority will be passed. He …

Exactly 70 years ago, Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, became the first prime minister of the then Gold Coast. Before he became prime minister, Dr Nkrumah, was the Leader of the Government Business of the new Legislative Assembly. The assembly met on February 20, 1951, because his party, the …

The Minister of Health has confirmed that Ghana has only four active Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines stationed in selected Government Hospitals. According to the Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu four (4) out of the seven (7) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machines in major hospitals across the country are functional. The Minister in his …

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has dismissed a Herald newspaper report that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold. The newspaper in its reportage on Monday, March 14, indicated that the government has sold the Psychiatric hospital to some private investors. “This follows a durbar held by the Management of the hospital …

Deputy Finance Minister and the Member of Parliament for Atiwa East Constituency of the Eastern Region, Hon. Abena Osei Asare has urged Ghanaians to refrain from limiting women to the kitchen and other menial jobs which have cut many women off the table of decision making and societal contribution. According …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, is not dead, a family member insists. “It is true my brother was critically sick,” the family member said, “and we are still praying for him after being discharged from hospital and being treated home but he is not dead.” …

Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has affirmed Prof Kwesi Botchwey’s assessment that Ghana is in an economic crisis. In an interview on Neat FM, monitored by GhanaWeb, John Kumah said that the government acknowledges there are difficulties, but these difficulties are not beyond the strength of the country. The deputy minister …

The government of Ghana through Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister announced an introduction of an Electronic Transaction Levy, E-Levy, during the presentation of the 2022 budget statement in Parliament. E-Levy among other things is to “widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector.” The proposed Levy, which was …

Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who has been tipped by some supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to contest for flagbearer of the party, in a one-on-one interview on Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo Thursday morning, swerved a question regarding his Presidential ambition. Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto refused to let the …