POLITICS

The Minority in Parliament has walked out of Parliament in protest against the government’s refusal to publish the report of the Justice Brobbey Commission of Inquiry into the creation of proposed regions. The Minority MPs led by their leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, said they wanted to see the report to know the recommendations of the Commission regarding the names proposed ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has described Mr Franklin Cudjoe, Chief Executive of IMANI Ghana’s assertion on the creation of new regions as hollow. Kennedy Agyapong who described IMANI’s founding President as a zombie economist also accused him of using his position to deceive people for selfish gains. “Franklin is a zombie economist who is only using ...

The 2019 budget statement presented to Parliament and read by the Finance Minister, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta under the theme; *” A Stronger Economy, for Jobs and Prosperity”* is so far the best and most visionary budget since Independence. The 2019 budget has addressed the issues and challenges in all the sectors of the Country’s national,regional and district economy. The implementation ...

Senior Minister of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Yaw Osafo-Maafo has justified the appointment of his sons to top government positions. According to Mr Osafo-Maafo who was speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Thursday, his sons’ occupations of those positions were on the merit of their competencies and qualifications. The Senior Minister claimed his children were poached into those positions and ...

Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has pooh-poohed government’s 2019 budget statement presented in Parliament on Thursday, November 15, 2018. Ghana’s debt stock hits 70% of GDP #GhBudget: Gov’t to launch fundraiser for National Cathedral project The MP said the budget presented nothing new, given that it failed to outline how it to address the challenges Ghanaians are battling with. He ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress had described the 2019 Budget as hopeless and nothing more than just rhetoric. Speaking after the presentation of the 2019 Budget and Economic Policy Statement by the Finance Minister, Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah said the budget failed to state how Ghanaians will be relieved from the current economic hardships. The ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta’s decision to take a u-turn on the personal income tax has rather earned him the fury of some Minority members in parliament. Mr. Ofori-Atta announced during the reading of the 2018 Mid-year Budget review, the introduction of an additional personal income tax where persons who earn GHC 10,000 and above will have to pay taxes of ...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has been allotted GHC180 million by the government to equip the office with the required personnel and material in order to discharge its mandate. “Mr Speaker, in line with government’s promise to protect the public purse, His Excellency the President remains committed to the fight against corruption. “The Special Prosecutor’s Office, which is established ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta said government is not happy with the standards of living of Ghanaians. Reading the 2019 budget in Parliament,he said the policy of government “is not to stand and throw its hands in the air but to implement policies that would positively affect the people. He also said they(government) are aware several Ghanaians are still living ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presented the 2019 Budget statement to Parliament amidst boos and skepticism from especially minority members in Parliament. As expected, Mr. Ofori-Atta was clad in his all white apparel as has become custom of the Finance Minister. The budget, themed; “A Stronger Economy, for Jobs and Prosperity” highlighted key achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration in the past ...