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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Jomoro Constituency of the Western Region has called on the government to listen to the plight of the residents in the constituency and construct their deplorable roads. The NDC says “to avoid other actions supported by law from indigenes of Jomoro”, the government must do them the honours and come to their aid. ...

Ghana’s total petroleum receipts (i.e. proceeds from liftings and other petroleum receipts) as of December 2022, amounted to US$1.43 billion, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament in his mid-year budget review on Monday, 31 July 2023. This amount comprises receipts from: the 63rd to the 68th liftings from the Jubilee field; the 20th and 21st liftings from the Tweneboa ...

Government has settled all arrears owed to caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said. The GSFP coverage also increased considerably from 1,671,777 beneficiaries in 2016 to 3,801,491 beneficiaries by June 2023 while school feeding grants cost per meal, per child has also been increased from GHS1.00 to GHS1.20 for the 2023 academic year. ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has said that overall first-quarter growth for 2023 was 4.2 percent, up from 3 percent recorded for the same period in 2022. This growth, he said, largely reflected an increase in the Services Sector which recorded a growth of 10.1 percent. Presenting the 2023 mid-year budget review in Parliament on Monday, July 31, he ...

Despite the lingering effects of the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), the country’s banking sector has demonstrated a relatively strong performance in the first half of the year 2023. This development was disclosed by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta during his presentation of the 2023 mid-year budget review in Parliament on Monday, July 31, 2023. Touching on the developments in ...

The Presidential Elections Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced guidelines for the party’s forthcoming Special Electoral College Elections. A statement issued by the committee, signed by its secretary, William Yamoah explained that the guidelines have been formulated “after extensive consultations with the various stakeholders including the Presidential Aspirants.” The statement expressed the “sincere gratitude to all for ...

Ato Forson has taken on the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for his proclamation that the country was on a path to recovery. The legislator insists that the pronouncement is empty especially when the Minister continues to borrow despite assurance to refrain from it. While addressing Parliament during the Mid-Year Budget Review on Monday, Kuly 31, 2023, Mr Ofori-Atta highlighted significant ...

The Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency in the Western Region, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, has indicated that his decision to contest the seat again will depend on what happens in February 2023. Speaking in an interview with Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, Mr. Ebenezer Kojo Kum indicated that he is currently fit ...

The first batch of students to be enrolled into the Anomabo Fisheries College is expected to take place at the end of this year 2023, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has announced. This follows the completion of civil works on the Phase 1 of the Anomabo Fisheries College project by government. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: ...

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) will from Tuesday, August 1 withdraw teaching and related services over members’ grievances. According to a press release issued after the National Delegates Conference, CETAG has resolved that all tutors of the 46 public colleges of education will withdraw their services until “our employer has complied with all ORDERS of the ...