Tag Archives: 2025

Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that the 2025 budget statement betrays the priorities of the Mahama administration. He explained that the government has allocated a paltry 51 million Cedis seed capital for the creation of the Women’s Development Bank but has allocated 71 million Cedis to research at the presidency. This, in his view, betrays the priorities ...

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu says Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson laid bare all there is to know about the national economy in his presentation of the 2025 Budget statement, suggesting that he hid nothing much like a woman in labour. Appearing on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on March 12, to discuss the 2025 Budget, Mr. Iddrisu ...

Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced the removal of five nuisance taxes as part of government’s revenue measures under the 2025 Budget, presented to Parliament. According to Dr. Forson, this move is in line with government’s manifesto promise and efforts to reduce the financial burden on citizens and businesses. Outlined in Parliament on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, the ...

Ghanaian artiste Beeztrap KOTM has expressed optimism in his chances of winning New Artiste of the Year in the upcoming Telecel Ghana Music Awards. In an interview with DJ Slim on Daybreak Hitz, when asked if he saw himself winning the New Artiste of the Year category, Beeztrap responded in the affirmative. “Oh yeah, of course. If anyone else is ...

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the comprehensive 2025 budget will be presented to Parliament in March. This follows the earlier approval of a GH¢68.13 billion mini-budget by Parliament, which covers government expenditures for the first quarter of the year. The President emphasized that the forthcoming budget will guide the country’s fiscal planning and facilitate the implementation of key ...