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Member of Parliament for North Tonu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said that the Minority in Parliament will not endorse the new taxes introduced in the 2022 budget statement. He described the taxes as draconian hence, their decision not to support proposals. In a tweet after contributing to a debate on the budget statement in Parliament on Tuesday November 23, he ...

A Security Expert, Adam Bona, has advised governments to properly recruit party members they would want to work under the National Security Setup. Speaking to Francis Abban on Morning Starr Tuesday, Mr. Bona said there have been a number of reports of National Security Personnel involved in illegal mining also known as ‘galamsey’ and other unlawful acts under the guise ...

The Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, has called on the National Security Minister to classify President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels as highly confidential. Mr. Acheampong who was also a former Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior explained that keeping the president’s trips as top-secret will prevent him from being easily tracked. President Akufo-Addo’s recent ...

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the 2022 budget statement and economic policy responds to concerns of youth unemployment in the country. According to him, the spate of youth unemployment in the country brought on by the coronavirus global pandemic has compelled government to propose policies that will create avenues for young men and women to find descent jobs ...

The United Nations Peace Ambassador in Ghana, Bishop Samuel Ben Owusu, has expressed worry that youth unemployment is going to be another major catastrophe to hit the African continent if measures are not taken to address the menace. The Senior Pastor at the Pottersville Church and also the Country Director of International Association of World Peace Advocates implored African governments ...

The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Casiel Ato Forson has said a move by the government to tax Mobile Money transaction will mean taxing savings of the people. He explained that people keep money on the mobile money accounts as savinhs. Therefore any attenpt to tax that transcation will targetd at taxing people’s savings. Contrbuting to a debate on the 2022 ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) and owners of telecommunication services in the country have been dragged to court over the re-registration of SIM cards. In a suit sighted by Starrfm.com.gh, a private legal practitioner Francis Kwarteng Arthur is praying the High Court to stop the collection of personal data of subscribers for the re-registration exercise. Aside seeking an enforcement of ...

The Asamankese Circuit Court in Eastern Region has sentenced a 27-year-old mobile banker to nine years -two months imprisonment for stealing Ghc61,840 cash from thirty-one depositors. The convict, 27-year-old Gideon Osei -Bonsu, of Kwaebibirim Rural Bank, Boadua branch was found guilty of all 35 charges against him. The Prosecutor Chief Inspector Susan Ayaric told the court presided by His Honour ...

Renowned economist, Investment Banker and global business strategist Dr. Sam Ankrah is set to deliver an address on Ghana’s economy on Tuesday November 30,2021. The address by Dr Ankrah, who is also the president of the African Investment Group (AIG), is expected to delve into critical economic areas including measures in stabilizing the economy, revenue mobilization and maximization as well ...

A group calling itself United Krobo Foundation is demonstrating against plans by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to introduce prepaid meters in Somanya and its environs. According to the group, prepaid meters cannot be accepted in the area while there is unresolved impasse over billing. Convener of the group, Nathan Boryou, told the media that ECG must scrap all ...