GENERAL NEWS

Toll collectors who lost their jobs due to the government’s decision to stop collecting road tolls across the country are asking the government to reintroduce the tolls. They say reversing the decision will help them regain their jobs.   The collectors, under the Ghana Toll Workers Union, made this known …

The Minister for Energy and Member of Parliament Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region,  Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, says the government has nothing to hide in the contract to relocate the Ameri Plant from Daboase in the Western Region to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. According to him, justification …

Information gathered  indicates that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Savannah Regional Secretary hopeful, Adam Abdul Nasser has been beaten to a pulp over alleged fraud at Tamale. According to reports, he was attacked by some people who claimed he had allegedly defrauded them.     The victim, a Surveyor by …

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, says it is unfortunate the government has been forced to seek economic refuge from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, no government, in this current situation, could have avoided going to the Fund for support especially when …

Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has asked the government to consider reviewing the e-levy rate downgrades as a way of making it easier for more people to pay.   He said this when asked whether the …

The former President of Ghana,  John Dramani Mahama has said the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia must be removed as head of the Economic Management Team (EMT) because he has failed. Mr Mahama also said that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has supervised disastrous collapse of the economy therefore cannot …

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the Mid-Year Budget Review in Parliament on 13 July 2022.   The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu revealed this in Parliament on Friday (1 July 2022). The budget review, which is in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and …

Ghana is set to hold talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a support package. The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration had refused to seek an IMF bailout despite the massive economic downturn in the last six months, but later decided to swallow its pride and seek support from …

Golden Tulip Hotels in Accra and Kumasi will from today July 1st, 2022, be known as Lancaster Hotel. This follows the sale of the hotel to some Lebanese investors.   According to documents in the possession of Joy Business, the Golden Tulip Hotels in Accra and Kumasi owned by a …

The IMF says it is ready to support Ghana to revive its ailing economy. The resident representative of the fund, Dr. Albert Touna-Mama in a series of tweets confirmed that the Government of Ghana had reached out to his outfit for support to restore the economy to a path of …