Joseph Paddy, Communications Director for Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), says the increment in taxes have come at a wrong time. The Majority Leader stood in for Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori Atta, who has travelled to the United States to seek medical attention for post Covid-19 complications. This was the first time a finance minister willRead More
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GCNet Collapsing? : Serves remaining workers redundancy notice, silent on severance package
Remaining staff of the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) working on the GeGov Project have been served notice of Redundancy letters to be laid off by end of April 2021 following the non-renewal of GCNet’s Service Agreement with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) . The January 29, 2021 letter explained that management had toRead More
Gov’t in the process of taking over AirtelTigo – Ursula
Minister-Designate for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says government is in the process of taking over Airtel Tigo, Telecommunication giant soon. Speaking to the Appointments Committee of Parliament, the minister designate said the decision by the government comes after shareholders of the network indicated that they want to exit the Ghanaian market. She noted thatRead More
World Bank prepares emergency vaccine financing for Ghana, 20 African countries
The World Bank is preparing emergency vaccine financing projects in 21 countries in Africa, including Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Tunisia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde. This follows authorization of up to $12 billion to support countries in their vaccination efforts, which has paved way for individual vaccination programmes through the Board. TheRead More
Auditor General has no powers to surcharge Zoomlion – Supreme Court
A seven member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse has ruled that the auditor General cannot surcharge Waste Management company Zoomlion Ghana in a case of surcharge. The surcharge was an issue after an audit of accounts of the National Heath Insurance Authority made findings that Zoomlion had between theRead More
Akufo-Addo commissions Bodukwan Multi-Fruit Processing factory
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Bodukwan Multi-Fruit processing Factory, a project operating under Government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative. The fruit processing plant, which has an installed capacity of seventy-two (72) metric tonnes per day, will process seven (7) varieties of fruits and vegetables including mango, pineapple, watermelon, and tomatoes intoRead More
Bawumia Commissions 1,000 tonne warehouse at Asaam
The NPP government of Nana Akufo-Addo is committed to the introduction of measures to improve the agriculture sector and guarantee food security while making life better for farmers, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, has affirmed. In line with this, government will continue to provide the necessary agricultural inputs such as fertilisers and Extension Services while workingRead More
Okudzeto Ablakwa offers support to 150 workers affected by Covid-19 layoff
Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has promised to offer financial compensation at the end of this month (September) to all 150 workers of Mushamat Farms in constituency who were laid off in May this year due to the adverse economic impact of COVID-19. This is theRead More
Agyapa deal best bet to leverage Ghana’s finances for dev’t – Okyem Aboagye
Government's spokesperson on Finance and a Member of the Committee in Parliament, Daniel Okyem Aboagye, said the Agyapa deal will go a long way to leverage the country's finances for development. Daniel Okyem Aboagye who is also the Member of Parliament for Bantama constituency, said the country needs to leverage its key resources such asRead More
CAP 30 for all Security Services – Bawumia announces
Cabinet has approved the placement of all security agencies under one pension scheme in order to ensure uniformity of benefits. The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this on Friday, 28th August, 2020 said all the security agencies are now to be placed under the CAP 30 Pension Scheme. Vice PresidentRead More