KNUST reopens today
Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are to return to school today as the Kumasi-based university reopens.
Lectures, according to school authorities, are to begin on Monday while students will...
2019 Budget hopeless – Kofi Buah
The opposition National Democratic Congress had described the 2019 Budget as hopeless and nothing more than just rhetoric.
Speaking after the presentation of the 2019 Budget and Economic Policy Statement by the Finance Minister, Member...
Ghana’s debt hits GH₵170bn; Over 208k private jobs created
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the country’s debt has shot up GHC170.8 billion.
Reading the 2019 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government, Ofori-Atta said “Mr. Speaker, the nominal public debt stock...
Deported Adoboli welcomed by family in Accra
The convicted former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was welcomed on arrival in Ghana by his family after he was deported from the United Kingdom on Wednesday.
According to a tweet by #KeepKweku the campaign to...
Collapse of Seven Banks cost gov’t GH¢9.9bn – Ofori Atta
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has revealed that the collapse of seven banks – unibank, Beige Bank, Sovereign Bank, Construction Bank, Royal Bank, Capital Bank, UT Bank – has cost the government an...
2019 budget: 92% of DKM claims paid – Ofori Atta
Government has taken measures to repay deposits of all customers of defunct DKM microfinance company, the Finance minister has revealed.
Ken Ofori Atta told Parliament during the presentation of the 2019 budget Thursday that over...
Gov’t reviews 35% tax on income earners above GHS10k
The government has reviewed its policy of imposing a 35% tax on income over 10, 000 Ghana cedis.
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in July this year announced that a new band rate needs to...
Amidu given GHC180m to fight corruption
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has been allotted GHC180 million by the government to equip the office with the required personnel and material in order to discharge its mandate.
“Mr Speaker, in line with...
Gov’t not proud of hardships in Ghana – Ofori Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has admitted that there are hardships in Ghana, noting however, that government is not proud of it.
In his initial commentary while presenting the 2019 budget statement in Parliament Thursday,...
National Cathedral: Govt to provide “seed money” – Ofori Atta
Finance minister Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed that the government will provide the seed capital for the construction of the controversial National Cathedral.
The disclosure of Mr. Ofori Atta is in sharp contrast with government’s...