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The Director of Local Government Services at the Office of the President, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has joined the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for the 2nd leg of his working tour of the north. The Vice President has been touring the northern part of the country inspecting and commissioning projects, and has also been briefing local government officials and party ...

Management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) has raked in GH¢328 million from the Tax Measure since its implementation. The Commissioner-General of the GRA, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, who made this known at a meeting with Business Editors in Accra, said GRA continues to witness increases in sums collected monthly. “We continue to see ...

Het schiet nog niet op met het creëren van genoeg beschutte werkplekken voor mensen met een beperking. Gemeenten krijgen geld van het rijk om dit te regelen. Toch maken ze er lang niet altijd werk van, blijkt uit onderzoek. “Onacceptabel.” Kwetsbare mensen blijven zo op de bank zitten. Bij de invoering van de Participatiewet in 2015 is afgesproken dat gemeenten ...

As part of efforts to boost cocoa production through the purchase of cocoa beans, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a $1.13 billion syndicated loan for the 2022/2023 cocoa crop season with some banks. The banks are; Ghana International Bank, French Investment Bank – Natixis, Standard Chartered Bank, Rabo Bank, Commercial Bank of China and Japanese Bank, MUFG. The ...

Business News of Wednesday, 5 October 2022   Chief Executive Officer of the Coastal Development Authority (CODA), Jerry Ahmed Shaib, has disclosed that his outfit is working on operating a sea transport system in the country. He stated that the project, termed CODA sea bus, will operate from Axim to Denu and vice versa. Mr Shaib explained that the bus ...

Politics of Wednesday, 5 October 2022 Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, a.k.a. Chairman Wontumi, has denied allegations that he is involved in illegal small-scale mining (‘galamsey’). He said that he will never do anything to hurt his company or ruin the image of his party, the NPP, adomonline.com reports. The regional chairman added that if ...

Sports News of Thursday, 29 September 2022 Per coach Otto Addo’s comment, the Black Stars squad for the World Cup has been settled with the coaching team having a fair idea of the players who will be making the 26-man squad for the trip to Qatar. As he said, at least 70% of the players who made the squad for the September friendlies ...

Business News of Thursday, 29 September 2022 Amid discussions on a sustainable debt path for the country, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has assured that the domestic financial sector will be protected during discussions at IMF negotiations. Currently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank and the Ghana Team are undertaking a debt sustainability analysis (DSA) to inform the programme negotiations, given that having a sustainable ...

Business News of Thursday, 29 September 2022 The country will continue to accelerate production and utilization of its oil and gas reserves while striking a balance between its social, economic and environmental requirements and emissions, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. “Ghana has set a target of 2070 to fully transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. “So, even though as ...

Business News of Wednesday, 28 September 2022 Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has outlined a number of pillars which will be hinged on Ghana’s possible economic support programme from the International Monetary Fund. Ghana is currently holding negotiations with officials from the Fund who arrived in Accra-Ghana on September 26. The country is targeting US$3 billion from the Bretton Woods institution once an ...