POLITICS

A former New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, and a one-time Chair of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah, is urging the government to reconsider its decision not to go back to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the face of the country’s …

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has presented 150 vehicles to several Senior High Schools in the continued fulfillment of a pledge by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to provide the necessary logistics to ensure access to quality education for Ghana’s youth. Made up of 100 buses and 50 pickup trucks, …

A pathologist who conducted the autopsy on murdered former Abuakwa North MP, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu, has blamed the theft of his personal computer for the two-year delay in issuing a report. Dr Lawrence Edusei told the court on Monday that despite examining the body in 2016, the report submitted …

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has said former President John Dramani Mahama refused to build the the Asomdwee Park where the Late Professor John Evans Atta Mills was buried. The Founder of the Atta Mills Memorial Institute says he is waiting for …

The education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that government will operationalise four (4) E-block schools by the end of this year. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, the Minister debunked claims that the government has abandoned the E-blocks project which began under the erstwhile John Mahama administration. …

A fruit processing factory under government’s One District One Factory (1D1F) programme, Nano Foods, has made its first shipment of processed fruits to the Canary Islands in Spain.     This was revealed in a tweet by the Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, on Sunday. The pineapple juice processing factory was …

Deputy Finance Minister, John Ampontuah Kumah, says government is expecting about a 24 per cent drop in Mobile Money transactions after the introduction of the Electronic Transfer Levy, aka E-Levy. “The research we did also told us that there will be about 24 per cent attrition rate in the three …

National Chairman hopefuls of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be required to pay GH¢20,000, as nomination fees, the party has announced, as it elects new executives in July.   General Secretary of the party, John Boadu also announced at a press briefing on Friday that aspirants who want …

The E-levy is being introduced at the lowest rate for any tax in Ghana comparatively at 1.75percent , less than 2 per cent, the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said while making a case for the E-levy to be passed by Parliament.     Speaking at the …

The Speaker of parliament, Alban Bagbin, left the House on Friday following a long delay in the commencement of proceedings. This happened after the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, hinted that the controversial electronic transaction levy will be laid before the house tonight. As at 5:00pm, sitting which was supposed …