500,000 farmers for Planting for Food and Jobs
50 dams under One Village, One Dam
200 tractors to be distributed
GH₵400m insurance cover
The 2018 Budget has unveiled the much-anticipated ‘Marshall Plan for Agriculture (MPA)’, aimed at revamping the country’s abysmally performing agriculture sector to make it the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged government’s support for the housing sector, urging private entities to come on board to reduce the country’s growing housing deficit.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony for commencement of the first phase of the affordable housing project at Appolonia City, located in the Kpone...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has unveiled government’s budget statement and economic policy for 2018, which outlines ambitious plans to create jobs, stimulate growth of the agricultural sector and industry, as well as consolidate gains made in the macroeconomy.
Job-creation has been high on the Akufo-Addo led administration’s agenda, which has...
The Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta, has explained that government’s decision to maintain the producer price of cocoa for the 2017/18 crop season, at GH¢7,600 per tonne, was to minimise effects of the decline in price of the commodity on the world market, on cocoa farmers.
He said the...
Today the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government presented its second budget which contains revenue and estimates for 2018 to parliament.
The 2018 budget according to the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, seeks to create jobs, cuts tariffs in electricity, support SME’s and investments in the key sectors of...
The Akufo-Addo government is expected to spend some GH¢62billion come 2018 financial year as contained in the national budget.
This is according to the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta who appeared before parliament to present the government’s revenue and expenditure estimates for 2018.
Per budget, the GH¢62billion represents 25.7% of the...
The government in its 2018 budget and Economic Statement has set a target of 6.8 percent growth of the Ghanaian Economy.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta when he appeared before Parliament today, Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
In his presentation of the 2018 budget, Mr. Ofori-Atta said,...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that the economy is expected to grow at 7.8percent before the end of 2017 as against 2.7percent in 2016.
Presenting the 2018 Budget Statement at Parliament House in Accra on Wednesday, under the theme: Putting Ghana back to work, Mr Ofori-Atta indicated that; “Overall...
The Akufo-Addo-led government has fulfilled its promise of reducing the cost of electricity in the country for both residential and industry users.
Presenting the 2018 Budget statement and Economic Policy to the legislature, the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta said the government in 2018 will work towards keeping the lights...
The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has told Parliament that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s is confident of ending the fiscal year with a deficit of 6.3 percent.
Mr. Ofori-Atta presenting the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement to Parliament today said that: “I’m glad to report that...