Former president John Dramani Mahama has made comments on the nation’s present economic situation. According to him, the budgetary flexibility of the nation would be severely constrained for any new administration that is elected in 2024. “I know that if we do come into office in 2025, the fiscal space …
Read More »Minority demands immediate downsizing of ministers from 86 to 65
The minority has demanded that the existing 86 ministers be immediately reduced to 65. Speaking at a news conference about the matter on behalf of the minority side, Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson suggested merging several ministries rather than creating new positions for them. For instance, the ministries of …
Read More »Government promises a befitting burial for Christian Atsu Twasam
According to vice-president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the government would help the Twasam family bury Christian Atsu in a respectable manner. At the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana, the lifeless remains of Ghanaian international Christian Atsu have arrived. Thousands of people perished in the horrific earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria …
Read More »Parliament to launch 30th anniversary celebrations on Wednesday
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at 9:00 am, Parliament House in Accra will officially kick off the commemoration of our 30th Anniversary of Parliamentary Democracy under the Fourth Republic. The launch is being held under the theme “Thirty (30) Years of Parliamentary Democracy Under the Fourth Republic: The Journey This …
Read More »GRA informs Ablakwa that Kusi Boateng and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi are separate persons
According to the records of their Tax Identification Numbers (TIN), Victor Kusi Boateng and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi are separate persons, according to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The GRA described how the two individuals came into possession of the various TINS in a letter dated February 3, 2023 that was …
Read More »Parliament vets Sticka, KT Hammond, Bryan Acheampong others today
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s most current list of nominations for minister and deputy minister is being reviewed by Parliament’s Appointments Committee. K.T. Hammond, a member of parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, has been proposed as the minister-designate for Trade and Industry, and Stephen Amoah (Sticka), a member of …
Read More »Individual bondholders to picket Black Star Square today over DDEP
Until their demand for exemption from the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) is granted, the Individual Bondholders Forum has threatened to picket the Black Star Plaza on Monday, February 20. Although the scheme was formally terminated on February 10, one of the leaders of the individual bondholders asserts that …
Read More »Ofori-Atta: The pensioners’ picketing outside the Finance Ministry has caused me great distress
The picketing of pensioners at the offices of the finance ministry, according to finance minister Ken ofori-Atta, has caused him significant grief. To demand complete exclusion of their investments from the debt exchange, members of the elderly bondholders’ group have been picketing outside the Ministry of Finance. He stated that …
Read More »Statistical Service reports that 80% of public sector employees make less than GHC3,000 per month
More than 80% of public sector employees, according to the Ghana Statistical Service, make less than 3,000 Ghana cedis each month. The top 10% earners in the public sector make up 22% of all wages received by the government, despite the fact that the sector’s highest income is 33,000ghc. The …
Read More »We are yet to receive DDEP exemption letter from Finance Minister – Pensioner Bondholders
The Pensioners Bondholders Forum has received a letter from the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, informing them that they are excluded from the Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP). This comes after a week of loud protests outside the Ministry’s forecourt over what some older residents fear would ruin their finances. According …
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