In accordance with the National Lotto Act 722 and Lottery Regulations L. I. 1948, the National Lottery Authority (NLA) has suspended all collaboration agreements which do not seem to have received the appropriate Board Approval. This became necessary after the ...
Read More »Ghana CARES Programme’s implementation will see growth rebound to 5% – Ofori-Atta
Minister Designate for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the Ghana Cares “Obaatan pa” programme will rebound and grow the country’s economy to up to 5% as government is rolling out recovery plans to salvage the economy from the adverse ...
Read More »Parliament to probe collapse of uniBank and UTBank
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has directed the setting up of a 7-member Committee to investigate circumstances that led to the revocation of license for uniBank and UT bank following a petition by former two majority shareholders of the ...
Read More »Govt lauds Parliament for approving 2021 budget
Government has lauded Parliament for approving the 2021 budget statement and economic policy document. Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who was speaking at the Minister’s press briefing in Accra on Sunday March 21, 2021 said government is grateful to ...
Read More »Duffuor petitions Parliament to probe uniBank collapse
The Founder of collapsed uniBank Ghana Limited, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has petitioned Parliament to investigate circumstances that led to the collapse of the bank by the Bank of Ghana. In a petition to Parliament, Dr Duffuor is asking Ghana’s law-making ...
Read More »Ofori-Atta justifies new taxes by Gov’t
Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta has justified the 1 percent COVID-19 levy introduced in the 2021 budget statement following the agitation over the new tax. Ofori-Atta believes this will among other things prop-up the health system against the pandemic and also ...
Read More »Ghana’s debt stock hits GHC291.6 bn – Mensa Bonsu
The Covid-19 Pandemic has pushed the country’s deficit and debts to worrying levels according to statistics presented in the 2021 Budget statement read in Parliament on Friday 12th March 2021 by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu. ...
Read More »2021 Budget: Arts, Entertainment, and Hospitality get tax break
Government as part of its efforts to lessen the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic on companies and recovery the economy from the COVID-19 induced setback has granted tax breaks to companies within the arts, entertainment and hospitality sector. Minister ...
Read More »Caretaker Finance Minister, Mensah-Bonsu presents budget today
The Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is expected to present the 2021 budget statement today, March, 12, 2021. The Suame MP will be holding the fort as Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta still undergoes treatment in the USA after contracting COVID-19. ...
Read More »Creative revenue measures needed to solve fiscal slippages – Oppong Nkrumah
Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has indicated that as part of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, government is considering rolling out creative revenue mobilization measures to fund its projects. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 ...
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