The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is forecasting that beneficiaries of the Free Senior High Education programme being implemented by the government will pay more in taxes in the future. According to the Commissioner- General of GRA, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the programme is an investment to build skilled labour pool which will translate to increase in payment of more taxes to ...

The former Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Mr Kwame Owusu, who used close to GHS1 million to renovate and expand a two-bedroom colonial-style property into a modern five-bedroom edifice with 13 air-conditioners, has asked the founding president of Imani Africa, Mr Franklin Cudjoe, to apologise to him for certain disparaging remarks the think-tanker made against him. Mr Owusu ...

A pastor has set a good example for his younger ones and congregation by rejecting a Landcruiser vehicle and amount equivalence of GH¢30,000 from alleged cyber fraudsters otherwise known as Sakawa boys who approached him for prayer in order to seal a big deal. The pastor who it has been gathered is also a lawyer honoured a meeting by the ...

Mohammed Awal Swallah, the Team Leader of the I Am Aware (IAA) Project of the Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana), has appealed to the citizenry to make it their utmost concern to monitor and demand from government appointees in the implementation of socio-economic development projects and services in their communities. That, he explained, would help ensure transparency, probity, accountability and ...

A former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni–Frimpong, has urged Christian leaders to avoid the tendency of intimidating church members and the public with their spiritual gifts. Additionally, he admonished Christian congregations to be bold enough to rise against and reject utterances from their leaders that might create divisions among them. The sermon Dr ...

An energy expert has questioned the Finance Ministry’s move to unfreeze bank accounts of Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited. Kwame Jantuah does not understand why the Ministry is taking steps to unfreeze the accounts when the reasons given by the Energy Ministry before suspending the concession with PDS still holds. “The Energy suspended PDS based on a law – ...

The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has raised serious concerns over government’s decision to raise an additional GH¢6.3billion through borrowing to finance its expenditure for the rest of the year, saying “the fiscal policy path the country is on is unsustainable”. In its post-budget analysis, the policy think-tank said considering the country’s current revenue situation, there is no way other ...

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has said the delay by the government in paying local contractors, some of whom, he said, are customers or investors, has led to the lock-up of GHS2.2 billion from the Groupe’s Gold Coast Fund Management, alone. “When we keep fighting for Ghanaian contractors to be paid, we are fighting for customers/investors ...

Papa Kwesi Nduom, the founder of GN Bank, which was recently downgraded to a Savings and Loan Company, says the challenges confronting his business is being resolved. He said some of the challenges such as the delay in the payment of workers’ salaries have already been solved. The businessman has been under pressure over the past few months following the ...

Pretty Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has confirmed her breakup with her baby daddy, British photographer, Jamie Roberts. Jamie Roberts fathered Yvonne Nelson’s first daughter Ryn Roberts. The two had quite an exciting relationship with the usual social media display. The rumor mill started winding when both started ignoring and even deleted pictures of the each other. Both however remained tight ...