President John Mahama has announced that loss-making SOEs will be reformed, merged, privatized, or shut down under his leadership. This follows revelations of over GH¢200 billion in SOE debts, with COCOBOD and ECG leading.
The Finance Minister has firmly rejected the idea of using taxpayer funds to bail out the Bank of Ghana after the central bank recorded a ¢60 billion deficit, resulting in a negative equity position.
The Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that the government will be abolishing the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy), and the 10% tax on lottery winnings also known as betting tax.
President John Dramani Mahama arrived in Burkina Faso today as part of his ‘good neighbourliness’ tour, aimed at strengthening diplomatic ties with the three nations that have recently withdrawn from the ECOWAS and established the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
Renowned economist and former Chairman of the NDPC, Professor Stephen Adei, has praised President John Dramani Mahama for his performance during his first 100 days in office.
The death toll from the explosion that rocked Konongo Odumasi in the Ashanti region on Wednesday has risen to three, a woman and two men. The devastating explosion at shops dealing in mining explosives at Odumasi, near Konongo in the Asante Akyem Central Municipality initially left one person dead and several others injured, including two firefighters.
President John Dramani Mahama has criticised the state of the Agenda 111 hospital projects, stating that not a single one of the 'knee-jerk' response to the Covid-19 pandemic is operational despite significant financial investment.