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Vice President of Imani Africa, Mr Bright Simons has said, ahead of the mid year budget review by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta today Monday, July 25, the Minister must admit failings with some of the policies that were resisted in Parliament especially the e-levy. Speaking in an interview with TV3 ahead of the budget review, on Thursday July ...

The government will use today’s mid-year budget review (MYBR) to address the myriad of challenges facing the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) programme that was introduced in 2018 to provide jobs for the teaming youth. It is expected that it would announce a comprehensive exercise to integrate the beneficiaries into the YouStart programme, another initiative of the government. The exercise would ...

The government will use the mid-year budget review (MYBR) to be presented Monday, July 25 to rally the nation behind a prospective programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that is intended to improve upon the country’s balance of payment (BOP) and fast track the economic recovery. It would also use the opportunity to call for a non-partisan support for ...

Former Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has challenged the government to focus on saving and investing in local industries as a solution to challenges in the economic situation in the country. Speaking as a guest of honour at the 60th anniversary launch of the University of Ghana Political Science Department Friday, July 22, the statesman noted that it ...

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will be presenting the 2022 mid-year budget review in Parliament today, Monday July 25. The presentation will take place at 1PM. The budget review is expected to centre on the move to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other issues. Ahead of the budget review, analyst including the Vice President of Imani Africa, ...

Very soon, a journey from Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra to Nsawam in the Eastern Region will take just 35 minutes due to the planned 33.6killometer long road project to be undertaken, Gabby Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said. In his view, when the project is completed, more people will move there to work ...

Ghanaian actor and politician John Dumelo has begun distributing farm boots and cutlasses to farmers across the Guan District in the Oti Region. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, 21 July 2022, the actor said: “I hope to reach every farmer soon.” He added: “The next step would be to provide efficient farming equipment to maximise and add value to ...

The High Commissioner-Designate of Australia to Ghana, Berenice Abigail Owen-Jones, presented her open letters to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, on Wednesday 20th July 2022. During the presentation, the High Commissioner-Designate highlighted the bonds of friendship and cooperation that exist between Ghana and Australia at the bilateral and multilateral levels. She indicated her intent ...

The Church of Pentecost has provided Ghc30,000 worth stock of food items to Pentecost Senior High School in Koforidua to ameliorate the food shortage situation in the school. The school received the Ghc30,000 cheque through the Koforidua Area Head Apostle Samuel Osei Asante to purchase food items which include 40 Cartons of evaporated milk, 30 boxes of Mackerel, 20 of ...

The Director-General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang has revealed that only one per cent of private sector workers contribute to SSNIT in Ghana. According to him, 11.5 million workers are in Ghana but only 1.7million are active SSNIT contributors. He said 63% of workers are in the private sector while 36% are Public sector ...