A female BECE candidate who was taking her exam at the Mankessim Senior High School examination centre in the Central region was forced to defecate on herself after an invigilator denied her the chance to attend to nature’s call. The incident, according to EIB’s Central Regional Correspondent, Yaw Boagyan, occurred …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has opened up over his recent battle with ill-health leading to his change in looks. Speaking on Good Evening Ghana on Thursday, Mr Ofori-Atta told Metro TV’s Paul Adom-Otchere that, after recovering from Covid-19, he was diagnosed with jaundice and after a series of …

The deputy minister for finance, John Kumah says the Minister of Roads and Highways has the discretionary powers to make decisions within the laws of the country.   According to him, once the Roads and Highways Minister has been given the mandate to fix road tolls, he also has the …

Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has defended government’s decision to impose a 1.75% phone transactions levy payable by mobile money users per transaction above ¢100. A section of Ghanaians including the Minority in Parliament has kicked against this newly introduced Electronic-levy. The opposers argue that the move will intensify …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged African countries and all banks on the continent to embrace digital technology in order to take advantage from the enormous benefits therein. Speaking during the 25th National Banking conference on the theme “the digital economy of Ghana the strategic role of the banking …

Some former toll collectors have appealed to the government to ensure their salary arrears are paid as an immediate step to reducing what they see as impending hardship on them.   Speaking to the Human Rights and Governance Centre via phone, a former Kumasi Metro President of the Ghana Federation …

A former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Fiifi Kwetey has accused the government of insensitivity following the introduction of some taxes in the budget statement for the 2022 fiscal year. According to Mr Kwetey, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to move the country from taxation to production. However, he …

The Ministry of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta has clarified that its earlier statement decreeing that toll collection be stopped across the country following the abolishment of road and bridge tolls in the 2022 budget, was to intervene in the chaotic situations that occurred at the various booths. A …

Minister of Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has broken his silence on whether or not he is harbouring any presidential ambitions. He told Paul Adom-Otchere on Metro TV on Thursday, November 18 that he is satisfied with contributing his intellectual abilities to the success of the government and Ghana, as …

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