As President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo travels to Atlanta, USA, video footage of the US$14,000-an-hour LX-DIO aircraft which he [Akufo-Addo] has been using for his foreign trips has surfaced on social media. The blue and white ultra-luxury aircraft was captured by an unknown source at the Kotoka International Airport on …
Read More »Why Didn’t The Speaker Go To Collect The Road Tolls Himself? – John Boadu Quizzes
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party , John Boadu has questioned why the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin did not assume the role of a road toll collection personnel after directing the Roads and Highways Minister to withdraw a statement announcing the cessation of collection of road tolls. …
Read More »#FixTheCountry Movement To Embark On ‘Yentua Demo’ Over E-levy, Other Taxes In 2022 Budget
Members of the #FixTheCountry movement will today, Friday, November 26, 2021, hit the streets of Accra to demonstrate against some of the policies announced in the 2022 budget. The Finance Minister in reading the budget announced the introduction of a 1.75% tax on all electronic transactions. The Finance Minister also …
Read More »Government Considering Removal Of E-Levy On Inward Remittances
Information available to Asaase News has it that government may be considering the removal of the proposed electronic levy (E-Levy) in the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of the Akufo-Addo administration on sum of money sent by foreign worker to individual in the country which is better known as …
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NUGS: 1.75% E-levy Is A Step In The Right Direction
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has backed the proposal by the government to impose a 1.75% levy on all electronic transactions, starting from January, 2022. NUGS believes that the e-levy is a ‘step in the right direction,’ as it will help the government generate revenue to tackle youth …
Read More »Mahama Appointee, Daniel Duku Snubs Judgement To Pay Off GHC 20.11 Million Fraud
The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Daniel Kofi Duku, and three others who entered into settlement agreements with the State to pay GH¢20.11 million fraud. Duku, an appointee of John Mahama and the three others had admitted to the offences of fraud and …
Read More »Dela Coffie: Elements In NDC Obstructing Duffuor
Dela Coffie a supporter of Former Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, believes that some elements in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are obstructing him due to his yet-to-be-announced presidential bid. A statement issued by Dela Coffie on Thursday November 25 accused persons close to former President John Dramani Mahama …
Read More »John Boadu: NDC Will Never Scrap E-levy Even If They Regain Power In 2081
General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu is convinced the Electronic Transactions Levy, popularly known as e-levy, has come to stay. He said just like the Communications Service Tax, popularly known as Talk Tax, innovative ways will be found in making deductions for the e-levy without …
Read More »Hard Labour Prisoners Can Help Clean Ghana, Use Them – Municipal Enviromental Officer Authorities
The Municipal Environmental and Sanitation Officer for Bekwai Municipal in the Ashanti Region, Mr Eric Cudjoe saids, government must consider implementing a policy that will make it compulsory for inmates of the various prisons to be engaged as street cleaners. According to him, almost all the sanitary labourers at …
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