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Government’s claim of providing significant tax relief in the 2025 Budget has been challenged by the Ofoase Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. The Ranking Member on the Economy and Development Committee of Parliament argues that contrary to the Finance Minister’s announcement during the budget presentation on Tuesday, only two of the 6 taxes listed for removal have actually been abolished. ...

Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi and former minister for works and housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged the government to capitalize on its current goodwill to take tough economic decisions before public sentiment shifts. Speaking to Joshua Kodjo Mensah on State of Affairs on GHOne TV, he warned that delaying difficult but necessary actions could see the administration lose the ...

Works and Housing Minister, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has highlighted the significant strides made by the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government over the past eight years. The Minister is also promising further progress should the party retain power in the upcoming elections. In a Facebook post, Mr Oppong Nkrumah assured Ghanaians of the NPP’s continued commitment to the nation’s ...

Housing Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the recent commissioning of infrastructure projects ahead of the 2024 general elections highlights the government’s solid track record, not an attempt to influence voters. Speaking on Channel One TV on Thursday, November 21, the Vice Chairman of the NPP Manifesto Committee, stressed that these developments demonstrate the government’s longstanding commitment to infrastructure growth ...

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said government may be compelled to impose sanctions on persons who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Ghana commenced a vaccination exercise last week with over 200,000 persons vaccinated so far. Speaking at a press conference on Monday at the Peduase Lodge, Hon. Oppong Nkrumah stated that the government believes it will have ...

Government has excluded security services in the country from the unification of pensions and has opted to allow them to remain on their already existing pension programmes. This was disclosed by the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah at a press briefing in Accra on Thursday August 20, 2020. Addressing journalists, Mr. Nkrumah noted that the decision was reached to ...

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah appeared to have bitten more than he could chew as a ‘jest’ comment which he passed in parliament landed him on the wrong side of the NDC and its supporters. Over the weekend, Oppong Nkrumah was subjected to a tirade of abuses from some NDC figures who were unhappy with his description of John Jinapor ...

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has dismissed suggestions that the directive for the Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo, to proceed on leave is a ruse being used by the president to sack him. Speaking in an interview on GHONE TV on Wednesday, Oppong-Nkrumah justified the directive stating that the Auditor-General will resume work after he exhausts his leave. Mr Domelovo ...

Ghana is focused on redusing COVID-19 cases to zero to ensure that life returns to normal, the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Monday, the Information Minister said the country can only achieve the target if citizens strictly keep to the preventive measures. “Ghana’s mortality rate is one of the lowest in the ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says Ghana’s mortality rate of COVID-19 is among the lowest in the world. According to him, that is because the country has been efficient in its response to the virus. So far, 148 Ghanaians have died of the virus with about 27,667 confirmed cases and 23,249 recoveries. The country still has 4,270 active cases, according ...