GENERAL NEWS

The Deputy Finance Minister has disclosed that those assigned to various toll booths will be reassigned. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Thursday, Dr John Kumah said the reassignment of the workers would be done by the Ghana Highway Authority. “It was part of the announcement. So nobody …

The Ashanti Regional Police Patrol team on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, killed two suspected armed robbers on the Manso-Nkwanta road in the Amansie West District. The Police also arrested one of the armed robbers.   The incident occurred when the gang of armed robbers were robbing some traders on the …

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, is expected in Parliament today, Thursday, November 18, to answer questions on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels. The question was posed by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in May.   He had accused the President of …

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has directed the immediate discontinuation of the collection of tolls on all public roads and bridges across the country. This order according to a statement signed by the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah is to take effect from Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 12:00am. It …

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said the government has eased the impact of the constant hikes in fuel prices on Ghanaians by not introducing new levies on petroleum products in the 2022 Budget Statement.     Presenting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy in Parliament on Wednesday …

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The minority in parliament has said judging from the 2022 budget presented by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, Ghana’s debt stop would balloon by the end of the year and get even worse in the next year. Speaking to journalists in parliament right after the minister’s …

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has said that the government continues to expand power generation capacity to meet domestic, commercial and industrial needs of customers. In this regard, he said, construction works on the 200MW Phase 1 of the 400MW Early Power Project continued in 2021. Construction works for …

Government has put together a framework to provide direct support for young entrepreneurs to enable them to create new businesses and expand existing ones. Under the programme known as YouthStart, government will direct financial and technical support towards young entrepreneurs in the country to develop commercially viable businesses and create …

Finance Minister Kenneth Nana Yaw Kuntunkunuku Ofori-Atta has announced a new levy to be charged by government in 2022 on all electronic transactions to widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector.   “It is becoming clear there exists enormous potential to increase tax revenues by bringing into …