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Minority parliamentarians have turned up their opposition to the 2018 budget a notch higher by threatening to begin a legal action to correct what they believe is a breach of aspects of the Public Financial Management Act. Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, has said the foundation on which Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, presented 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy ...

There has been a new twist to what is believed to have been the cause of death of ace broadcaster; Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong affectionately called KABA. A colleague, Afia Pokuaa otherwise known as Vim lady does not believe the 37-year old died of the natural course and suspects someone has a hand in his death. A livid Vim Lady ...

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has arrived in Ghana on a three-day state visit. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia welcomed Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and wished her “a pleasant stay” in “our beautiful country” after her arrival in Ghana on Wednesday, November 22. Queen Margrethe II was accompanied by a business delegation to explore bilateral economic engagements with Ghanaian ...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah, has said that he will be better than John Dramani Mahama if he is given the chance to lead the country. While stating that the former President’s administration “did their best” while in office, he insisted that he would be able to take the country further than Mahama ...

Staff of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital have abandoned inmates as they begin a sit down strike. They are furious over the refusal of the Health Minster to sack their Medical Director, Dr. Eugene Dordoye whom they accuse of being corrupt and having poor human relations and managerial skills. An ultimatum was given by the aggrieved staff after they rejected an ...

The Volta Region’s Joint Consultative Committee on the creation of the proposed new region is of the view that carving out a new region to be known as the ‘Oti Region’, will end years of neglect stemming from colonial days. It is the sense of neglect that has informed their petition for a new region, the Secretary of the Joint ...

The founder and leader of the All Progressive Party (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has described the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s 2018 budget as an ‘Azonto budget’, because in his view, it is bereft of cogent measures to address the pertinent challenges Ghana faces. According to him, the budget is only stuffed with unrealistic promises meant to tickle Ghanaians. Likening the ...

A deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng has rubbished assertions that government lacks sustainable financing plan for its free Senior High School programme. “Anybody that says we have not disbursed enough and is expecting government to disburse more than they need for now and then in the future when they need it then they use does not understand how public finances ...

The debate on the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government by Members of Parliament (MPs) started yesterday, with the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) accusing the present New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of lacking credibility when it comes to the implementation of economic policies nicely packaged in the budget. The Majority NPP also lambasted the minority for raising ...

President of the African Union (A.U.) Alpha Conde has reacted to the resignation of Robert Mugabe, a week after the army took over political authority. Conde according to the visionguinee news website said he was delighted that the political impasse in Zimbabwe had been resolved. Whiles describing Mugabe, 93, as a “great fighter” and “African hero,” the Guinean leader said ...