The government of Ghana has expressed regret over the European Commission’s move to include the country in its lists of countries defaulting in the anti-money laundering and the Financing of Terrorism framework. The Finance Ministry in a statement said the decision to include Ghana in the list was regrettable and flawed. The statement indicated that the process by which the ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a comprehensive plan including a ¢1 billion Housing Fund, to address the country’s housing deficit. Making the announcement Thursday, during his third State of the Nation’s Address (SONA) to Parliament, he said the initiative is “aimed at targeting low-income earners.” Acknowledging the importance of housing and the “long-standing problem that gets worse” by the passage ...

Plans by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to soil the remarkable achievements of the Akufo-Addo led government and make the New Patriotic Party (NPP) unpopular among Ghanaians and the world has been exposed, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has stated. The Assin Central MP says the shooting incident that happened at the NDC head office in the Ashanti Region allegedly involving some ...

A State Auctioneer, Alexander Adjei, is set to be banned by Parliament for a period of two years after the legislature adopted the report of its Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Performance Audit Report of the Auditor-General on the disposal of government vehicles by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and Ghana Health Service (GHS). Mr. Adjei would ...

President Akufo-Addo will present 50 Ankai buses to the Ghana Armed Forces on Friday February 22, 2019. According to President Akufo-Addo, the presentation is the first tranche of the 138 Staff and Operational Vehicles of various categories, and 26 dispatch motorcycles that the army will receive this year. President Akufo-Addo in the 2019 State of Nation Address in Parliament on ...

Mr Speaker, I am glad to be here with you again in this august House, the Parliament of our Republic, to perform, for the third time, the pleasant duty of fulfilling my constitutional obligation, by giving Honourable Members and the Ghanaian people a message on the state of the nation. In accordance with protocol and convention, it is good to ...

In a move to reduce the debt that the Volta River Authority (VRA) owes to Ghana National Gas Company, government has settled US$ 230 million of the debt through a balance sheet restructuring. This was revealed at a press meeting with the management of Ghana Gas on Monday in Accra, by the Head of Finance of Ghana Gas, Emmanuel Essel. ...

The Government has laid in Parliament a Bill to amend the Constitution to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the country. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in its 2016 manifesto promised to oversee the direct election of MMDCEs within 24 months of election into office, to coincide with the next District Assembly elections ...

The Finance Ministry has described as regrettable the decision of the European Commission [EC] to add Ghana to its lists of countries defaulting in the anti-money laundering and the Financing of Terrorism framework. According to the Ministry, Ghana’s commitment to enforcing the anti-money laundering and the countering of Financing terrorism framework has been acknowledged by the global standard regulatory body, ...

Confusion has erupted in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over some monies former President John Mahama and NDC reportedly gave to the party’s regional Chairmen. Daily Guide sources in the umbrella family have hinted that sometime last week Saturday, February 9, 2019, Mr. Mahama, who is hoping to lead the NDC for the second time for the 2020 presidential ...