The Roads and Highways Ministry has clarified that the recent directive by the sector minister for the cessation of the collection of tolls on public roads was not to set aside the laws for toll collection. According to the Ministry, the directive was to the effect of stopping the operational duties of toll collection due […] The post We only
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The Chairman of the Oil and Gas Sector of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Kwame Jantuah, has welcomed government’s decision to reverse the 50% benchmark value. His comment comes after several calls on the government to review the 50% benchmark value policy which makes imported products cheaper than locally made ones thereby pushing many […] The post Reversal of 50% benchmark
Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, says the Speaker’s directive to the Roads and Highways Minister to reverse the cessation of the collection road tolls is an error. He insists the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, does not have the “persona” in this regard making it wrong for him to give such an order as though […] The post Speaker
The decision of the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, to order the immediate cessation of the collection of tolls on all public roads was due to chaos at the various toll booths following the announcement by the Finance Minister. This is according to the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. According to him, the […] The post Amoako-Atta
The Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu-Boahen, seems to have contradicted the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta on whether bank transfers would be under the 1.75 percent Electronic Transaction Levy or not. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, the Minister “said bank transfers are not included in this tax.” Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta […] The post Bank
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey, has said that the timing for the introduction of the 1.75% levy on electronic financial transactions is ill-timed. He said the chamber was not consulted by the government on the proposal before the announcement was made in Parliament on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. […] The post Government’s
The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has tasked the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), to curb the seeming surge in pirate attacks on waters within the sub-region. The Ghana Navy has revealed that 39 pirate attacks were recorded on the Gulf of Guinea between January and October 2021, with the latest […] The post Chief of Staff
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, to withdraw his directive for the immediate cessation of the collection of tolls on public roads. The directive was issued by the Speaker after a press release from the Ministry calling for the immediate cessation of collection of tolls […] The post Reverse
Majority of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprise (MSME) owners in Ghana are unwilling to pay for more taxes even if it means benefiting from more improved government services. This is according to the report of a survey conducted by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana). The report titled ‘Access to Justice and Public Services, […] The post Most
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has stated that no toll booth attendant will be laid off following the scrapping of road and bridge tolls across the country. It follows its own directive for the immediate discontinuation of the collection of tolls after the Finance Minister announced the abolishment of same in the 2022 budget […] The post Toll booths to
Ghanaian afrobeats and highlife artiste KiDi has released the video of his song ‘Mon Bebe’ taken off his ‘Golden Boy’ album. Prior to the release, there was a premiere for the video at the Twist Lounge at Labone in Accra. Explaining the concept of the video, the director, Rex said the storyline was tailored along […] The post KiDi tells a Cinderella story
Ghana’s finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that the government intends to introduce an electronic transaction levy (e-levy) in the 2022 budget. He said this was to “widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector”. The proposed levy, which will come into effect on 1 February 2022, is a charge of 1.75% of […] The post Ghanaians
Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, Most. Rev. Charles Palmer-Buckle has defended why the church in Ghana is in favour of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill. He says, the activities of the LGBTQ+ community, should they gain ground in Ghana, will lead the country to self-destruction. “If we don’t get our […] The post LGBTQ+
The reversal of the benchmark value reduction policy was because the government was not seeing “desired results,” Charles Adu Boahen, a Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, has said. The government had hoped the benchmark value reduction, which took place, in 2019, would translate to lower prices of goods in the country as well […] The post Gains
Toll collectors at Moree Junction, particularly the physically challenged persons, have called on the government to compensate them with an amount of GH¢20,000 each to start some form of business, now that the government has rendered them unemployed. They stated that the government has been unfair to them in these “hard times” and that compensation […] The post Moree
Chief Executive of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien has admitted before a court in Accra that the bank was indeed insolvent at the time it was added to GCB Bank. Mr. Essien is being tried for his role in the collapse of the bank, including the misapplication of a GH¢620 million liquidity support from […] The post Capital Bank was insolvent at the time of
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral, Most Rev. Charles Palmer-Buckle, says it is unjustifiable for the public to feel that the government’s plan to construct a National Cathedral must be aborted due to supposed economic hardship in the country. He is of the view that the building of the Cathedral is […] The post Poverty
Dean of the Communications Department of the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Dr Modestus Fosu, has advised Communication professional to take language and ethical issues serious in their corporate communication. Dr. Fosu who was speaking as the lead facilitator at the just ended Digital Marketing and Communication Masterclass admonish communicators to be very mindful of their […] The post Be
Dean of the Communications Department of the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Dr Modestus Fosu, has advised Communication professional to take language and ethical issues serious in their corporate communication. Dr. Fosu who was speaking as the lead facilitator at the just ended Digital Marketing and Communication Masterclass admonish communicators to be very mindful of their […] The post Be
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