POLITICS

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Attah has promised that the government will not increase the Value Added Tax (VAT), contrary to earlier reports. Presenting the 2018 mid-year budget review in Parliament on Thursday, the finance minister said the government would not increase the VAT rate despite some economic challenges. “I wish to assure the House that VAT will not be increased, ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has admonished the opposition not to rely on social media for key economic policy direction. His comment comes on the heels of widespread discussion by political parties, businesses and civil society organisations, about the possible increase of VAT from 17.5% to 21.5% because of a Facebook post by Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, nephew to President Nana ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says he feels like a seer or a prophet that he took a wise decision a decade ago which has made Vodafone Ghana become more stronger and buoyant in the Telecom industry. According to to him, the current standing of Vodafone ranked as the second biggest after Telecom giant MTN shows that government is still ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Attah is in Parliament to present a mid-year review of the 2018 budget. For just one reason-taxes and how to meet revenue target- the mid-year review presentation has become a subject of great expectation, anxiety laced with the usual partisan political debates. Minority claims of a VAT increase to be announced by the Minister ...

Member of Parliament (MP) Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has petitioned Qatari ruling family, seeking clarification of its link with ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The move by the MP comes at the back of his belief that the investigative journalist impersonated the family in his investigative piece #No. 12 that sought to reveal corruption at the Ghana Football ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta is in Parliament this morning to present the mid-year budget review statement and economic policy to the house. Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to touch on critical areas of the country’s economy halfway into the year as part of his constitutional mandate. There have been hints of increment in taxes as well as the introduction of ...

Deputy Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah refutes claims that the taxes government collects have not done enough to ensure the fundementals of the economy remain robust. “The numbers don’t support that narrative. The GDP grew significantly,” he told Daniel Dadzie on the Super Morning Show Wednesday. His comments come on the heels of speculation that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will ...

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper has apologized for publicly stating that Anas’ documentary; Number 12 was a collaboration between the BBC and the ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Mr Baako had earlier stated that the latest investigative piece by Anas was a joint cooperative piece between Tiger Eye PI and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). “I had ...

The Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has urged public universities to give opportunities to students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enroll on their programmes. He stated “we can use education to change the destinies of many children who would otherwise be condemned to a life of little opportunity, deprivation and ignorance simply because their families are poor. That is the ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong has asked Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul-Malik Kwaku Baako, not to see himself as all-powerful and treat people with arrogance. Speaking on Adom TV’s Morning Show Badwam on Tuesday, Mr Agyapong urged Kweku Baako to stop defending investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, because Ghanaians are ...