Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has called for the detention of the former Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr. Johnson Asiamah over what he says is stealing of state monies for personal gains. According to Kennedy Agyapong, he cannot fathom how Dr. Asiamah could accumulate some huge amount of money to purchase ...
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BOG, others exposed for hiding Heritage Bank’s GH¢90 million
The Herald, has intercepted incontrovertible evidence that indicate that the Bank of Ghana (BoG), received a cash transfer totaling GH¢90 million from the now collapsed Heritage Bank Ghana Limited, as minimum capital to help meet the requirements of the licence granted its shareholders. The documents indicated that, the money was transferred by Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited on behalf of the ...
Read More »Gov’t publishes Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission report, white paper
Government has submitted for gazetting and publication the report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry Report and its White Paper. According to the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, “after a careful study, government has issued a White Paper, which together with the Report itself, it has elected to publish in accordance with Article 280 Clause 3 of the ...
Read More »Prinsjesdag: werkende krijgt er het meeste bij
CijfersWerkende Nederlanders gaan er komend jaar twee keer zoveel op vooruit als uitkeringsgerechtigden en gepensioneerden. Dat blijkt uit de koopkrachtcijfers die in handen zijn van het AD. Laurens Kok 13-09-19, 16:15 Laatste update: 17:50 Gemiddelde koopkrachtstijging. © BJD De koopkrachtontwikkeling voor werkenden komt uit op 2,4 procent. Uitkeringsgerechtigden moeten het doen met een koopkrachtstijging van 1,2 procent, voor gepensioneerden is ...
Read More »MPs propose recycling of plants, increase in VAT for sanitation
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have agreed that recycling plants should be built across all the 16 geographical regions of Ghana, and the Value Added Tax (VAT) be increased to address the nation’s sanitation problems. Despite efforts by the Government to improve Ghana’s poor sanitation rating in the comity of nations, it is reportedly losing about $290 million annually to ...
Read More »Bank of Ghana sacks staff for accepting over GHC400k bribe in Sibton deal
The Bank of Ghana has dismissed a staff Gilbert Addy for what it says is gross misconduct in relation to corrupt transactions and for accepting bribes in connection with the award of a contract to Sibton Switch Systems Limited in 2016. The Bank in a statement revealed that secret and corrupt payments of GH¢410,000.00 were made by Sibton Switch Systems ...
Read More »FULL LIST: The 21 persons being prosecuted for alleged corruption under Mahama
President Akufo-Addo’s government has come under stern scrutiny in the past few weeks over its perceived failure to prosecute officials of the Mahama administration for alleged cases of corruption. The President, in the lead up to the 2016 election campaigned forcefully on corruption and pledged to prosecute government officials at the time whom he accused of being corrupt. Allaying the ...
Read More »Corruption, extortion at Kotoka Airport: Our officers not complicit – Immigration Service
The Ghana Immigration Service has dismissed claims suggesting that some of its officers operating at the Kotoka International Airport engage in corrupt practices, including extortion of monies from travelers who use the airport. In an interview with ABC News, Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI) Barbara Sam, in charge of Public Relations at the KIA said such claims against its officers ...
Read More »Scheidingsexperts: duizenden rechtszaken door lagere aftrek alimentatie
Duizenden ex-echtgenoten zullen vanaf 1 januari bij de rechter een lagere partneralimentatie eisen, omdat ze in 2020 minder alimentatie fiscaal mogen aftrekken. Hun voormalige geliefden zijn de dupe, waarschuwen notarissen en echtscheidingsadvocaten. David Bremmer 12 sep. 2019 Laatste update: 11:44 Aanleiding voor de verwachte toevloed van alimentatiezaken is dat het kabinet de fiscale aftrek van partneralimentatie in stappen verlaagt van ...
Read More »Middeninkomens zien koopkracht hardste stijgen
Mensen met een midden- en hoger inkomen gaan er volgend jaar 2 procent of meer op vooruit. Mensen met een lager inkomen moeten het met een iets kleinere koopkrachtstijging doen. Zij kunnen 1,4 tot 1,8 procent meer koopkracht verwachten. Laurens Kok 12-09-19, 20:23 Laatste update: 20:34 Dat blijkt uit koopkrachtcijfers waarop RTL Nieuws de hand heeft weten te leggen. Deze ...
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