Members of the Majority Caucus were absent on Friday, November 26 at the time the Speaker of Parliament walked in to steer affairs leading to the approval the 2022 budget statement or otherwise. It was unclear what was keeping the Majority out of the main chamber but some rumoured that they were waiting for all their members to have the ...

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu is convinced the Electronic Transactions Levy, popularly known as e-levy, has come to stay. He said just like the Communications Service Tax, popularly known as Talk Tax, innovative ways will be found in making deductions for the e-levy without unduly disadvantaging Ghanaians. Addressing a news conference in the Ashanti Region ...

After three days of debate on the 2022 budget statement presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, members are set to vote on the policy document on Friday, November 26. Though there have been public disagreements over some of the taxes introduced in the budget presented by Mr Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, November 17, it is set for ...

The Ashanti Region Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has commissioned the Obuasi Enterprise and Skills Development Centre. The Center, which was jointly established by Anglogold Ashanti Ghana and the AGA Community Trust Fund, is expected to be a one- stop hub to provide solutions to local businesses and to support skills development and capacity building. Speaking at a ceremony to commission ...

Head of Business Development and Origination and Acting Head of Agribusiness at Stanbic Bank Benedict Kwasi Obeng has encouraged players within Ghana’s agriculture sector to be consistent in the quantity and quality of agricultural products if the country has to benefit fully from the sector. Mr. Obeng said this at the Seventh Agricultural Industrialization Conference, organized by the Torchbearer International ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced the first of a series of town hall meetings to discuss the 2022 budget statement presented by Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta. According to a press release by the National Communications Bureau of the party, the first edition will be held on Tuesday, November 30 at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah ...

The fate of the 2022 Budget and Economic Policy of the government will be determined through voting by secret ballot today Friday 26th November 20221 in Parliament. Speaking in the House on Thursday, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu served notice his side will reject the budget as a result of the 1.75% Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). He disclosed he will ...

Surfline announces the introduction of its Digital Lifestyle Bundles. With the Big Mood bundles, Surfline no longer communicates “Gb for a price” to the customer, it is fully focused on what using Surfline’s internet data means for customers in their digital life. Surfline therefore has introduced four new Digital Lifestyle bundles called the Big Mood Bundles: Binge Xtra enable the ...

The Suma traditional council in the Bono Region has honoured the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament, Kingsford Alban Sumana Bagbin and seven members of parliament for their outstanding fight against LGBTQ+. Odeneho Dr Afram Brempong III presented eight golden swords and citations to the seven MPs and the Speaker. The ruler of Suma traditional area, however, admonished them not to relent ...

The Acting Controller and Accountant-General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, has allayed fears of teachers over a publication about reported deductions in their November salaries. Mr Kwaning-Bosompem indicated that the deductions are as a result of an agreement reached between the Ghana Education Service (GES) and various teacher unions. “The Ghana Education Service officially wrote to request for the deduction of 30% of ...