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Read More »Minority: Ghana’s Debt Will Hit GHS355bn By End Of 2021, GHS426bn By End Of 2022
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 …
Read More »2022 Budget: Electricity 162 Communities Connected To National Grid – Ofori Atta
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 …
Read More »#GhBudget: Gov’t Set Aside GHS1bn To Support Young Entrepreneurs
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 …
Read More »#GhBudget: Government Introduces E-levy On Mobile Money Transactions
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 …
Read More »#GhBudget: NABCO Beneficiaries Get Extra Year
Government says the remaining 67,000 beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) who have not yet secured jobs can breath a sigh of relief as they will not be laid off this year. Instead two windows; the YouStart program and a Digital inclusion program will gradually absorb them in …
Read More »Gov’t abolishes All Tolls On Public Roads And Bridges; Phone Transactions Levy To Pay For Roads – Finance Minister
Government has scrapped the amount of money being paid by motorists as tolls on public roads in the country. This should come as relief for road vehicle users given the heavy vehicular traffic, lengthened travel time and ineffective revenue collection at tolling points on our public roads. This was …
Read More »Ofori Atta: Deficit Of 11.7% Of GDP Recorded Against 4.7% Target
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has assured Parliament that the government is working hard to get back quickly to the pre-pandemic fiscal and debt trajectory. He said during the 2022 budget presentation on Wednesday November 17 that the fiscal policies implemented to provide relief during the pandemic has led to …
Read More »Live: #NSMQ2021 ONE-EIGHTH STAGE | ADISADEL COLLEGE VS OSEI TUTU SHS VS BISHOP HERMAN COLLEGE
Saarah-Mensah: Osei Tutu SHS: "Expect nothing but the best".#NSMQinKumasi #NSMQ2021 #Primetime — National Science & Maths Quiz (@NSMQGhana) November 17, 2021 Saarah-Mensah: Adisadel College: "We are looking to God for victory"#NSMQinKumasi #NSMQ2021 #Primetime — National Science & Maths Quiz (@NSMQGhana) November 17, 2021 …
Read More »2022 Budget: A Look At The Education Sector
The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to deliver the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. He is expected to touch on all critical aspects of the economy that need to be reviewed to address the country’s challenges. Education remains pivotal to the development …
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