A total of 65 aspirants are contesting for various national positions at the 9th delegate’s congress of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The Congress which will be taking place at the Trade Fair Center, Accra on Saturday, November 17, 2018, will see a new batch of national executives elected...
Government is set to allocate GH¢200 million to the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in 2019, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Ken Ofori Atta announced on Thursday.
Presenting government’s 2019 budget statement to Parliament in Accra, he said the funds would enable MASLOC to continue to support more...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presented the 2019 Budget statement to Parliament amidst boos and skepticism from especially minority members in Parliament.
As expected, Mr. Ofori-Atta was clad in his all white apparel as has become custom of the Finance Minister.
The budget, themed; “A Stronger Economy, for Jobs and Prosperity” highlighted...
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has put the country’s debt, as at the end of September 2018, to GH¢170.8 billion.
This, he explained, comprises external and domestic debt of GH¢86.6 billion and GH¢84.1 billion respectively.
“The overall rate of debt accumulation in 2018 is 19.8 per cent, driven primarily by...
The government of Ghana has allocated GHS180 million to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to resource it to fight corruption.This was announced by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday, 15 November 2018 when he delivered the 2019 budget statement before parliament in Accra.“Mr Speaker, in line with...
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will present the 2019 budget statement and financial policy of the government to Parliament today, Thursday.
This will be the third budget of the Akufo-Addo administration, in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 constitution.
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the budget will bring hope to...
The Minority in parliament has said the 2019 budget will turn President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ slogan into ‘Ghana Beyond Hell’.At a roundtable on the forthcoming budget, the Minority spokesperson on finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, explained: “We say Ghana beyond hell because in the year 2017, the budget...
One of the Electoral Commissioners appointed and sworn into office by President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has been sighted preaching at the Accra Mall Bus stop, otecfmghana.com has learnt.
Ms Adwoa Asuama Abrefa who is a corporate legal practitioner, with specialization in land/property acquisitions, corporate law and corporate governance was...