POLITICS

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 ...

Madina MP Francis-Xavier Sosu has filed a motion at the high court in a bid to stop his “unlawful” arrest by the police. Mr Sosu, a human rights lawyer, is praying the court for the enforcement of his right to freedom of movement, right to protest and demonstrate, right to personal liberty, right to freedom of expression, and right against ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has condoled with the family of former Minister of Transport Dzifa Aku Attivor and indeed supporters of the NDC after her untimely demise on Tuesday, November 16. Madam Attivor died after a short illness. Tributes poured in from all quarters for the former minister of state with the three-time leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) also joining ...

An Economist and Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Dr. Saeed Boakye has warned the government to desist from heaping all its efforts in generating revenue within the petroleum sector. Speaking to Naa Dedei on Starr Today, Tuesday 16th November 2021, on the upcoming budget, the Economist cautioned the government that inasmuch as the petroleum sector is ...

Member of Parliament for Builsa South Dr Clement Apaak, has alleged that charcoal has become an important commodity, not only as the source of energy in the country but as a raw material for the pharmaceutical industry locally and internationally, making it a smuggled commodity. According to Dr Apaak, charcoal is highly demanded both locally and externally because its traditional ...

An Economist and Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Dr. Saeed Boakye has warned the government to desist from heaping all its efforts in generating revenue within the petroleum sector. Speaking to Naa Dedei on Starr Today, Tuesday 16th November 2021, on the upcoming budget, the Economist cautioned the government that inasmuch as the petroleum sector is ...

An economist, Dr Julius Kwaku Kattah, has asked the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta to project the realities regarding the state of the economy and Ghana’s finances. Speaking on the New Day Show on TV3 with Berla Mundi on Wednesday November 17 ahead of the 2022 budget presentation, he asked the government not to distort facts and figures about the ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region has debunked claims by some leading members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) that relief items donated by former President John Mahama on Saturday, 13th November 2021 to tidal waves victims in the Volta Region were given to only members of NDC. Speaking at a press briefing in Ho on ...

The Country Director of the International Association of World Peace Advocates, Ghana, Bishop Dr Samuel Ben Owusu, has stated that the UN is committed to strengthening tolerance by fostering mutual understanding among people, cultures and nations. Speaking on the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Tolerance in Accra on Tuesday, 16 November 2021, Bishop Owusu noted that the ...