POLITICS

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as “most shocking and an unpardonable dereliction” the total silence of the 2022 budget on the raging disaster along the coast of the Volta Region. He said having combed through the budget as presented by the Finance Minister on Wednesday, November 17, absolutely no word was mentioned on the tidal ...

Two Ghanaian citizens have sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice over a number of protections the Speaker of Parliament, a Member of Parliament and the Clerk to Parliament enjoy under the 1992 Constitution. In the writ sighted by Starrfm.com.gh, the petitioners quote Article 117, and 118(1) and (2) of the 1992 Constitution among others that give the Speaker, MPs ...

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, is expected in Parliament today, Thursday, November 18, to answer questions on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels. The question was posed by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in May. He had accused the President of profligacy in going for a more expensive aircraft while the presidential ...

As part of the climate action and sustainable transition to a low carbon economy, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the government intends to invest in the use of technology, and will, in partnership with the private sector, invest in the assembly and integration of electric motorbikes. This was contained in the 2022 budget statement Mr Ofori-Atta presented before ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has said that exports of unprocessed gold by small-scale miners through official channels have dwindled from over one million six hundred ounces in 2019 to below one hundred thousand ounces as of September 2021 through smuggling. To stem this tide, he said the government in consultation with the stakeholders in the industry has decided to ...

Minister of Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has admitted that the country is facing economic challenges due to the high expenditure which characterised the 2020 financial year. He told legislators on Wednesday, November 17 that the country recorded a total budget deficit of 15 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020. As a result, he stressed, President Nana Addo Dankwa ...

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has bemoaned the disrespect for time by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta regarding the presentation of the 2022 budget. This follows the inability of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to present the government’s budget statement before parliament at the scheduled time. The budget, which is scheduled to be presented today, 17 ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that the Akufo-Ado administration has better records in the management of public sector debt than what the National Democratic Congress (NDC) did. He indicated that the debt figures and statistics do not favour the main opposition party. Speaking to TV3 ahead of the 2022 budget presentation on Wednesday November 17, the Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker indicated ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been explaining the reason behind the undue delay in the presentation of the 2022 budget statement by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday. The exercise, which was scheduled to start at 10:00am, began after 1:00pm. “The pre-sitting meeting which we usually refer to as conclave has rather taken a longer time than anticipated,” Speaker ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has told Parliament that no public sector worker was laid off despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the country’s finances. Presenting the government budget statement for the 2022 fiscal year on Wednesday November 17, he highlighted the negative impact of the pandemic on the local economy. “I am proud to announce that not ...