POLITICS

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 …

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 …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has told Parliament that no public sector worker was laid off despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the country’s finances.   Presenting the government budget statement for the 2022 fiscal year on Wednesday November 17, he highlighted the negative impact of the pandemic …

The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has been sighted in Parliament, a day after he failed to honour a criminal summons brought against him by the Ghana Police Service. The MP was summoned by the court following several failed attempts by the police to arrest him for allegedly …

The head of the economic management team, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will not be in Parliament today as the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta presents the budget statement for the 2022 fiscal year.   The Vice President is currently acting as the president after President Akufo-Addo went on ‘well-deserved’ …

The government’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the year 2022 is expected to be presented in parliament today, Wednesday, November 17, 2021, by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. This will be the sixth budget of the Akufo-Addo administration, in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 constitution. Many await …

Former Fisheries Minister, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, has said that she never anticipated to lose the Krowor Parliamentary seat “although there were a lot of problems in the constituency.” She observed that despite her unrelenting efforts to solve problems in the constituency, people found faults with everything she did. In an …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is saddened by the news of the death of former transport minister, Dzifa Attivor. The 65-year-old passed on Monday, November 15, 2021, at the University of Ghana Medical Centre after battling a protracted ailment. She was Minister for Transport under the Mahama administration …

Member of Parliament for Keta,  Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, has underscored the urgent need of potable source of water and sanitation for his people who have been deluged by the tidal wave in the region. He said as a result of the tidal wave, the people of Keta who survived on …

  Dear Ghana, Employment across the world comes in three faces; the upper, the middle and the lower class. Majority of the labour force in Ghana is captured under the “useless” class; for the want of a better word. The future of this globe is presenting a world where the …