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Internal Auditors Are Key Stakeholders In The Quest For Fiscal Discipline – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said internal auditors in the public sector have crucial roles to play in the fight against corruption and the quest to achieve fiscal discipline.   Addressing the 2022 Internal Audotors Conference in Accra on Tuesday August 16, 2022, Dr. Bawumua underscored the significance of internal auditors to the quest to improve financial mobilisation and ...

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533 Workers On Government Payroll With Multiple Identities – Bawumia

A startling 148,000 government workers out of a total of 602,000 on the payroll of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department have been found to have identifications which do not match any biometric identification at the National Identification Authority. The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said this came up after a biometric audit by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department. Addressing the 2022 ...

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148,000 Workers Without Matching Ghana Card Biometric IDs; 533 With Multiple IDs Found On Govt Payroll – Dr. Bawumia

A startling 148,000  government workers out of a total of 602,000 workers on the payroll of the Controller and Accountant’General’s Department have been found to have identifications which do not match any biometric identification at the National Identification Authority,  after a biometric audit by the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. Addressing the 2022 Internal ...

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The 5 big cases being investigated by the Special Prosecutor

Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng is investigating some 75 corruption and corruption-related cases. This was revealed in a half-yearly report dated August 1, 2022, released by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Details from the report indicate that whereas 70 of the cases are yet to be determined and publicised based on whether or not they fall within the mandate of ...

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Here’s how much consumers will pay for electricity, water tariffs

The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Monday, August 15, 2022 announced an increment in electricity and water tariffs. Electricity tariff was increased by 27.15% whiles water tariff was pegged at 21.55%. According to PURC, these new tariffs will take effect from Thursday, September 1, 2022. GhanaWeb Business in this article breaks down the tariff increment and how much consumers ...

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Onderzoek: armoede onder ouderen groeit snel door hoge inflatie

Ouderen worden keihard geraakt door de hoge inflatie. Een op de acht komt nauwelijks rond en een kwart van de senioren past nu al de uitgaven aan. Peet Vogels 17-08-22, 06:00 Laatste update: 10:00 Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek van ouderenorganisatie KBO-PCOB. ,,We zijn geschrokken van deze uitkomsten. Bijna een kwart van de senioren heeft nu al moeite met rondkomen’’, zegt Ingrid Rep, ...

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Belasting terugkrijgen met de middelingsregeling: zo werkt het

In plaats van belasting betálen, belasting terugkrijgen. Dat kan (soms) door gebruik te maken van de middelingsregeling. Daarbij bereken je het gemiddelde inkomen van de afgelopen drie jaar en betaal je vervolgens over het gemiddelde belasting. Hoe werkt dat en wat levert het op? Marjolein Kooyman 15-08-22, 22:00 Een startende werknemer die na zijn studie meteen een hoog inkomen heeft, een ...

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Hoogleraar: Kabinet moet snel met reparatie koopkracht beginnen

De passieve houding van het kabinet om de koopkracht van burgers te beschermen is onbegrijpelijk vindt de Tilburgse hoogleraar economie Harald Benink. ,,Bij de coronapandemie kon snel heel veel, nu gaat het erg traag.’’ Peet Vogels 17-08-22, 14:00 Laatste update: 14:20 De hoge inflatie, vooral de hoge prijzen voor energie en voedsel, worden een enorm probleem, voorspelt Benink. ,,Het is ongekend wat er ...

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FULL TEXT: Status update in the resolution of collapsed of banks, SDIs

  The Bank of Ghana Headquarter The Bank of Ghana in collaboration with the Economic and Organised Crime Office is set to go after some 17 resolved financial institutions over untraceable investments amounting to GH¢116.7 million. According to a document released by the central bank, it has identified placements that were made by some Specialized Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) and other investment companies ...

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Lands Ministry destroys about 800 chagfans at River Offin, Pra

August 17, 2022 The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has destroyed about 800 changfans used by illegal small-scale miners on River Offin and Pra. This was done during a three-day exercise carried out by Operation Halt-2 with the help of military personnel. The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mines, George Mireku Duker who led the ...

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