Tag: Mr. Ofori-Atta
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Censure motion: ‘I have done no wrong’ – Ofori-Atta defends himself
Accusations that the beleaguered Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, is exclusively to blame for the current economic crisis have been met with vehement...
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Debt restructuring: Don’t touch our pensions – GRNMA to government
The government's proposed debt restructuring program, as presented by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has drawn criticism from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association...
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Report on Motion of Censure against Finance Minister laid before Parliament
The Ad-Hoc Committee's report on the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta motion for censure has been presented to the legislature.Second Deputy Speaker Mr. Andrew Asiamah...
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2023 budget: All transactions to attract 1.0% E-Levy charge – Government
The Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) daily threshold of GH 100 will no longer apply, and the headline rate will drop from 1.5 percent to...
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E-Levy was not even needed in the first place – NDC MP
Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, a member of parliament from Tamale Central, has said that the E-Levy programme was unnecessary to begin with because it burdens...
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2023 budget: We face daunting challenges – Ken Ofori-Atta
As the government works to pursue structural and public sector reform, including placing a debt ceiling on non-concessional funding aimed at addressing the raging...
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Today in History: Toll booths should have been relocated, digitalised not abolished – Ali-Nakyea
Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, a tax analyst, lamented the government's decision to abandon the toll booth system."The issue is that even last year, the policy's direction...
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I pay $500 million per-year to clear Mahama’s IPP debts – Ken Ofori-Atta
Ken Ofori-Atta, the finance minister, has stated that he finds it "curious" that the minority caucus cited energy costs burdening Ghana's coffers to support...
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Ofori-Atta to respond to Minority’s grounds for censure on November 18
On Friday, November 18, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will testify before the Parliament's Ad-Hoc Committee in Accra in response to a resolution of vote...
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IMF disagrees Ofori-Atta misreported data – Egyapa Mercer claims
According to Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer, the NPP's representative for the Sekondi Constituency in the Western Region, the Minority in Parliament is bringing up...