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In his latest exposé raising concerns about financial mismanagement and corruption, the opposition Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has published intercepted documents from Ghana’s Ministry of Finance, unveiling a scandal involving over $34.9 million payment authorized by former Minister for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta just five days …

The former Deputy Minister for Finance and member of parliament for the Ashanti Region, John Kumah, was to be buried on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Hundreds of well-known Ghanaians journeyed from all over the nation to Ejisu to pay their final respects to him. Among the high-profile personalities at the …

  Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has expressed gratitude to the staff of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for their significant achievements during his tenure. Mr Ofori-Atta in reflecting on their collaborative journey, praised the MoF team for their resilience in weathering storms, overcoming challenges, and contributing to key victories …

Senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Kobby Mensah, has taken a swipe at the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, over his suggestion that the National Cathedral of Ghana can become the ‘new Jerusalem’. According to him, the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government promised to turn Ghana into Singapore …

A former presidential aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong, has expressed disappointment in President Akufo-Addo for allowing his cousin, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to keep his position after taking Ghana to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Finance Minister had vowed that the government was …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has written to the President of the Ghana Insurers Association, informing the group that its industry cannot be exempted from the debt exchange programme as it had earlier requested. GIA made the request in December 2022 with the reason that 40 per cent of their total …

The government will reintroduce the collection of road toll on selected roads in the country next year. The reintroduction of the road toll is one of the revenue measures contained in the 2023 budget presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta last week. “The fiscal policy measures to …

Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. CHRAJ Commissioner, Joseph Whittal confirmed that the Commission has received an official complaint from the Tiger Eye PI team on a conflict of interest situation involving Ken Ofori-Atta …

A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says Ken Ofori Atta made the minority look incompetent during last Friday’s censure motion hearing in Parliament. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta appeared before the Adhoc Committee of Parliament hearing the censure motion brought against him on Friday 18th November …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has called on the clergy, traditional rulers, Members of Parliament (MPs) and the general populace to rise above witch-hunting and entrapment, in the country’s pursuit to grow its economy.   The Finance Minister, today November 18, 2022, appearing before the ad-hoc committee of Parliament probing …