Monday, March 3, 2025

Finance

Finance Minister inaugurates boards of three institutions

GNA - Government is supporting the Ghana Revenue Authority in implementing a transformation agenda to block the huge leakages in key sectors of the economy, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has said. The agenda, the Minister said, was...

Government to present 2021 Mid-year budget Review on Thursday

GNA - The Government, through the Ministry of Finance, will present the 2021 Mid-year review to Parliament in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). Under the Act, the Minister for Finance is expected...

GCB Bank presents GH¢14.15 million dividend to government

GNA - The GCB Bank Ltd has presented a cheque for GH¢14.152 million to the government as final dividend, following a sterling performance for the 2020 financial year. The amount represents an increase of 25 percent compared to the GH¢11.321...

Four per cent salary increment, a betrayal of workers

Mr Samuel Alagkora Akolgo, the First Vice President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), says the four per cent salary increment for public sector workers is dishonest and a betrayal. He said even though Labour was not...

First Lady rejects emolument; to refund allowances received

GNA - First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has decided not to accept any monies that have been allocated to be paid to her pursuant to the recommendations of the Ntiamoa-Baidu Committee, as approved by Parliament. She said she was doing...

SSNIT to delete 13,000 names from pensioners payroll

GNA - The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) will from September 1, 2021 delete the names of pensioners, aged 72 and above, who fail to complete or renew their Pensioner Certificates. In a statement issued to the Ghana...

Bank of Ghana warns against lifting policy support too soon

GNA - The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned policy makers against the early withdrawal of support measures instituted to address the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, saying it could harm the economic recovery process. The First Deputy Governor of...

BoG encourages repatriation of export funds to strengthen national reserve

GNA - The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has encouraged exporters to remain committed to the national regulation that required the repatriation of export proceeds for the development of the country. Mr Eric Kwaku Hammond, the Assistant Director of the Banking...

Ghanaians willing to pay taxes – Afrobarometer study

GNA - Ghanaians endorse taxation and are willing to pay higher taxes to support the country’s development, a new Afrobarometer study has shown. The study said majority of the citizens, however, said it was difficult to find out what taxes...

StanChart and Ghana sign 55-million Euro agreement for road infrastructure

GNA – Standard Chartered and the Ghana’s Ministry of Finance have signed a 55-million Euro agreement for a road infrastructure supported by an Export Credit Agency (ECA). Working closely with Exportkreditnämnden1(EKN, the Swedish ECA) and Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK),...
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Suspect Arrested for Damaging Vehicles at Parliament, Identity Unknown.

An unidentified man has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing vehicles on the premises of Ghana’s Parliament today in Accra.  Reports...
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