As Ken Ofori-Atta heads to Parliament this morning to deliver the Akufo-Addo government’s second budget statement in the space of ten months, there is a lot of pressure on him to translate the modest gains made in the macroeconomy to real economic growth.
The performance of the economy in the...
With implementation of the digital address system via Ghana Post GPS and the expected roll out of a National Identification System, the 2018 budget must introduce innovative measures to make tax collection easier and attractive, a GN Research pre-budget analysis has said.
“The paperworks and the bureaucracy must be reduced...
Industries could heave a sigh of relief by January, following a revelation by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia that power tariffs could be reduced by as much as 25 percent.
“We will actually be seeing some significant reduction in the cost of electricity for industrial production next year in Ghana, and...
The implementation of the cylinder recirculation model which is expected to start in 2019 and seen as a roadmap to help curb frequent gas explosions would also come at a cost for users of cylinders.
CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Hassan Tampuli, explained that the pricing of Liquefied...
Minister for Defence, Mr. Dominic Nitiwul, has cautioned individuals or groups of persons occupying Ghana Armed Forces land across the country to vacate said land by the end of this year.
“Well, ignorance is not an excuse, it is your duty to go to the Lands Commission and check if...
The Minority in Parliament, has accused the government of causing financial loss to the state with the recent issuance of the Energy Sector Bond.
According to the minority, the below GHc 6 billion yield of the bond is a solid basis for the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to be hauled...
Scores of petty traders and hawkers operating at some unauthorised points in and around the major trading centres of the Kumasi Metropolis have been moved to other satellite markets in the city, ahead of the yuletide and the Asantehemaa’s funeral.
The development has significantly eased commuting and vehicular movement in...
The greatest challenge confronting the economy is how to create decent jobs for the millions who are desperately seeking them, the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has lamented.
In a statement titled Proposals for the 2018 budget and economic policies of government, the union said: “We expect the 2018 budget...
Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Dr. Wilfred K. Anim Odame, has said that its upcoming digital system, dubbed the Ghana Enterprise Land Information System (GELIS), is one of the key interventions designed to reduce the turnaround time, bureaucracies and corruption in the system.
According to him, the GELIS innovation...
E.S.L.A PLC, on Monday, November 6, 2017, said it successfully closed its books for the issue of the ESLA bonds on Friday, November 3, 2017, after extending the timeline for the issue of the 10-year bond by one week.
Despite investors making bids in excess of GH¢2.79 billion for the...