POLITICS

Musah Malik (Wustars), the recently elected chairman of Suame Magazine Zone 18, has urged the government and the ministry of trade to help the magazine’s artisans. The magazine will be more appealing to Ghanaians, according to the chairman, who stressed the need of a strong partnership based on mutual respect …

According to Dr. John Ampontuah Kumah, the Deputy Minister for Finance, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is strong and resilient and has not collapsed. He has also refuted assertions made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the government will soon enact a recapitalization fee as a result of the …

Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party Dennis Kwakwa has disclosed that he will be resigning from his position as the communications director soon. He said this as he has the ambition of vying for Member of Parliament (MP) for Mampong Constituency in the upcoming NPP primaries. Speaking …

For the third consecutive month, Ghana’s inflation rate increased, rising to a new high of 43.1% in July from the previous figure of 42.5%. On Wednesday, August 9, 2023, government statistician Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim released the most recent data. Food costs increased significantly, reaching 55.0%, while inflation for non-food …

The Ghana Revenue Authority’s order to apply a 10% withholding tax to all prizes has drawn the ire of the Concerned Betters of Ghana. The implementation process will begin on August 15, 2023. All gross gaming profits will be subject to a 10% withholding tax. The existing 15% Value Added …

Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, a former presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, has urged the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to explain to Ghanaians why they are deserving of another term in power after 2024. Professor Asante, who was also a former National Peace Council chairman, then …

On Monday, August 14, 2023, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) will introduce a new module with the goal of providing young people with work options in the garments and textile sector. Thousands of young Ghanaians interested in becoming tailors and dressmakers will have the opportunity to receive training and an …

As a group of commercial tricycle (Pragia) riders protested the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly’s (KMA) restrictions, the Aboabo highway in Kumasi came to a complete standstill. There is now friction between the riders and the KMA as a result of the protest, which raises worries about traffic snarls. The tricycle riders …

The impending Special Delegates Conference of the New Patriotic Party has been called a needless election process by Alan Kyerematen’s campaign spokesperson. Yaw Buaben Asamoa claims that the conference, which would reduce the field of flagbearer candidates from 10 to 5, is an administrative procedure that will prevent candidates from …

In spite of recent allegations made by former President John Dramani Mahama that the Saglemi housing project has been abandoned for political reasons, the administration is dedicated to finishing it, according to Francis Asenso-Boakye, the minister of works and housing. The minister claimed that President Akufo-Addo recently launched a new …