The Institute of Directors Ghana (IoD) has rolled out a number of strategic initiatives to stimulate and sustain the culture of corporate governance in the country.
Former President John Dramani Mahama says the inability of the government to pay contractors is having a negative effect on many sectors of the economy.
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has proposed that in budgeting for the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, substantial allocation should be reserved for the support and promotion of the local seed industry.
Ghana winger Solomon Asante is expected to be named as the new skipper of American second-tier side Phoenix Rising Stars following the retirement of Didier Drogba.
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance has said that the public debt including the financial sector bailout costs at the end of September 2018, was 57.
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, has announced that government is working with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to develop a policy framework to provide informal sector workers with voluntary fully funded personal pension’s scheme.
Government had outlined several interventions to ensure adequate revenue collection by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and to address leakages caused by non-compliance and debt on the part of taxpayers.
Government has said to simplify the collection of withholding tax for both small scale mining operators and tax authorities, the point of collection of the tax will be shifted to the point of export.
The total revenue and grants expected for the 2019 fiscal year is GHC58.
People who earn GH¢10,000 and above will no longer be subject to the additional personal income tax that was introduced in July this year.
The government has announced an ambitious plan to establish a GH¢1 billion mortgage and housing finance to leverage private capital provide affordable houses for the populace.
The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has defended government’s plans to issue a Century Bond in the coming months, stating that long-term debts are needed to uplift the country and the citizenry from the “hand-to-mouth existence.
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that the government will launch a global fundraising campaign to raise funds from the diaspora to construct a 5,000-seater National Cathedral.
A fuel tanker with the registration number, GN 5392-11 has been engulfed in flames at the Excel Filling Station in Techiman.
The Minority in Parliament has cast doom and gloom on the 2019 budget statement delivered by Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta Thursday.
The Deputy Minister for Energy in-charge of Petroleum Dr.
Mobile telecommunication giant, Vodafone Ghana, has introduced another exciting promotion ahead of Christmas to provide its Fixed Broadband (FBB) customers an opportunity to do more.
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has said even though the New Patriotic Party (NPP), while in opposition, kicked against borrowing by the Mahama administration, the Akufo-Addo government is even borrowing more than his predecessor did.
Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has defended government’s plans to issue a Century Bond in the coming months, stating that long-term debts are needed to uplift the country and the citizenry from the “hand-to-mouth existence.
The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Nana Kwasi Gyan-Appenteng, has called for a review of the membership of the commission in order to make it more relevant to the current media landscape.
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