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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 …

The Majority in Parliament has agreed to a plea by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to have his ministers at the Finance Ministry stay on a little longer despite pressure from the caucus. Some members of the Majority caucus on Tuesday, October 25 demanded the removal of the sector minister, …

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament (MPs) demanding the removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister to hold on till Ghana concludes negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).   The President says, terminating the appointment of Mr. Ofori-Atta will disrupt …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on Ghanaians to offer President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo the much-needed support to turn the economy around.   “I want to appeal to Ghanaians to keep faith with the President and his team,” he said. “We know things are tough now but …

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has described as ‘very disingenuous and most unfortunate’ a comment by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta suggesting that the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) can only be paid if the e-levy is passed.   Mr Ofori-Atta had reiterated the need for Ghanaians to support moves …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has accused the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta of tampering with economic figures just to make the Akufo-Addo administration look good in the eyes of credit rating agencies.   Mr Mahama noted that the Finance Minister has failed to include liabilities such as the energy …