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Government won’t overburden Ghanaians with taxes – Dr. Amin Adam assures

Business News of Sunday, 14 April 2024 Source: GNA Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, Finance Minister The government is determined not to overburden Ghanaians with the payment of more taxes, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, the Finance Minister, has assured. Rather, the government would ‘use the hard way’ to collect revenue from those who have not been paying the appropriate taxes, as well ...

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Don’t use the services of middlemen to secure Schengen visa, you will be banned – Anne Sophie cautions

Business News of Sunday, 14 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Former French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave Former French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave, has cautioned against the use of middlemen to secure travel visas, especially to parts of Europe. She asserted that some individuals continue to pay these middlemen huge sums of cash in hopes of securing a ...

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Ejisu by-election: Don’t contest, leave it for NPP to honour John Kumah’s death – Chairman Wontumi tells NDC

Politics of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play video Bernard Antwi Boasiako, is the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP   The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has urged all political parties, particularly the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to refrain from contesting the forthcoming by-election in the Ejisu Constituency. Chairman ...

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Stop escorting your friends to and from KIA, else you’ll be sacked – Henry Quartey warns Immigration officers

General News of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Henry Quartey is Ghana’s Interior Minister   Interior Minister Henry Quartey has warned immigration officials stationed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), against the practice of escorting or receiving friends at the airport. The minister emphasized that any Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officer found violating this directive would face outright dismissal. During his visit ...

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Ghana ranked 5th best-governed country in Africa – Report

General News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com In a recent assessment by World Economics, a research organization based in the United Kingdom, Ghana has emerged as the 5th best-governed country on the African continent, securing the top position in West Africa. The rankings, which evaluate governance through four key indexes; corruption perception, rule of law, press freedom, and political ...

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There’s a lot of container diversion to Lome – Bawumia

Business News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: classfmonline.com   Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia   A lot of containers are being diverted to Lome because Ghana’s port duties are higher, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has complained. At a town hall meeting with the pharmaceutical industry where he promised to enhance the business-friendliness of ports by implementing fixed exchange rates aimed ...

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Paris Club to decide fate of Kumasi Airport – Ashanti Regional Minister

Business News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: aviationghana.com Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah   Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has disclosed that the planned completion and commissioning of some headline infrastructural projects in the Ashanti Region might be hampered by the ongoing debt restructuring talks between the government of Ghana and its external bilateral creditors. Giving updates about the Komfo Anokye ...

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Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh calls for end to culture of insults in Ghanaian politics

General News of Monday, 1 April 2024     Source: www.ghanaweb.li Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh   Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, Founder and President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach, has called for an end to the pervasive culture of insults among politicians in Ghana, emphasizing the need for unity and civility in political discourse. In an interview with Berla Mundi, Dr. Tetteh urged politicians to ...

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Government takes delivery of first modern train from Poland

General News of Monday, 1 April 2024     Source: Asaase News   GHAThe trains will be tested on the new 100km Tema to Mpakadan railway line prior to commissioning Government has taken delivery of the first unit of two modern trains procured from Poland for railway transport in the country. The first train for Ghana Railways to operate both regional and long-distance ...

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