The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged calm among Nation Builders Corp (NABCo) personnel over their delayed allowances. According to the Effutu MP, the personnel have a legitimate cause to complain, especially when the programme has been terminated. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in an interview on Joy News‘ The Probe, said he does …

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A deputy finance minister, John Kumah, has suggested that persons earning above GH¢3,000 as salary in the country ‘cannot be classified as poor’. According to him, all citizens in the country, whether poor or rich will through the introduction of the Electronic Transaction Levy, contribute their quota towards national development. …

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin is courting the support of Ghanaians for a smooth passage of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy popularly known as E-levy. To him, the E-levy was designed to allow for an improved standard of living.       He said the citizenry must be optimistic …

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta  says returning to the International Money Fund (IMF) will not auger well for the country.     Speaking at the government’s town hall meeting to discuss the E-Levy on Thursday (27 January), the minister said the passage of the E-Levy will prevent the country …

The Deputy Minister for Transport, Alhassan Tampuli, has sworn into office two additional board members of the Ghana Airports Company. The two are ace sports broadcaster Kwabena Yeboahand Kojo Edyir-Danso. This brings to 9, the total number of board members of the company.   The two additional members are nominees …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is accusing the government of intimidation aimed at getting it to suspend its nationwide strike. The industrial action by the lecturers, in demand of better conditions of service, is now in its third week. This stand-off between UTAG and the government has become …

The Minister for Finance,Ken Ofori-Atta says the introduction of the E-Levy by the NPP government is not the most egregious tax ever to be passed in this country. Ofori-Atta said the introduction of the E-Levy has been necessitated by the country’s quest to develop using its own resources and not …

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has donated GHC 100,000 to the Appiatse explosion support fund set up by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to assist the affected persons in the community.       Akufo-Addo made the donation to the fund after interacting with the five-member committee …

The government will today hold a major town mall meeting on the controversial Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy). The exercise forms part of a series of engagements the government has planned with the aim of explaining the importance of the E-levy as well as taking feedback and inputs from relevant stakeholders …