Ghanaian singer/rapper Black Sherif has been nominated for the Best International Flow category at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2022. This year’s event will be aired on September 30, 2022, at Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, hosted by Fat Joe. Following the release of the 1st and 2nd Sermon …
Read More »Awaso Academy International Wins 2022 Western North Independence Day Inter-Districts Quiz Competition
Awaso Academy International based in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region has won the third edition of the Western North Regional Independence day Inter-Districts Junior High Schools Quiz Competition held at Christ Apostolic Church, Sefwi Bekwai. The contest which brought together 9 Junior High Schools in the region. …
Read More »No salaries in 2022 if … – Oppong Nkrumah warns persons on govt payroll
Information Minister and Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayerebi in the Eastern Region of Ghana Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has hinted that government cannot pay salaries in 2022 if the current budget is not approved. According to him, if appropriations are not done on the 2022 budget presented to Parliament by …
Read More »Parliament rejects 2022 Budget Statement
Parliament on Friday rejected the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on November 17, 2021. All 137 Minority Members of Parliament (MPS) voted against the motion when the question was put by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. The Majority Caucus had …
Read More »Budget 2022: Minority says Tax Projections unrealistic
The Minority in Parliament has cast doubts over the credibility of revenue projections made in the 2022 budget, questioning the ability of the government to meet its GH₵100. 5 billion targets of which GH₵80 billion will be from taxes. Speaking on the floor of Parliament to debate the 2022 Budget …
Read More »2022 budget: Government projects Revenue and Grants of GH¢100.5 billion
Total revenue and grants for 2022 is projected to rise to GH¢100.5 billion, equivalent to 20.0 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister announced on Wednesday. This is an increase from a projected outturn of GH¢70.3 billion, equivalent to 16.0 per cent of GDP for …
Read More »Government projects GH¢137.5 billion expenditure, Revenue GH¢100.5 billion for 2022
Government is projecting a total Expenditure, including the clearance of Arrears, of GH¢137.5 billion, equivalent to 27. 4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 2022 fiscal year. The estimate for 2022 represents a growth of 23.2 per cent over the projected outturn of GH¢111.6 billion, equivalent to …
Read More »2022 Budget: Statement: Old taxes will be efficiently applied – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the 2022 Budget will witness the chunk of the financial resources being devoted to the productive sectors of the economy to consolidate the gains made. He said the Government would old taxes efficiently and substitute old taxes with new ones to sustain the economy. …
Read More »2022 Budget: Gov’t to abolish tolls on all public roads and bridges
Government has proposed to abolish tolls on all public roads and bridges. This is to improve productivity and reduce environmental pollution. Accra, Nov.17, GNA-Government has proposed to abolish tolls on all public roads and bridges. This is to improve productivity and reduce environmental pollution. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of …
Read More »2022 budget to enhance debt and fiscal sustainability – Finance Minister
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday presented to Parliament the Budget and Economic Policy of Government for the 2022 fiscal year. He said the Budget was intentional about Building a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Nation through fiscal consolidation and Job Creation. “This may be an uncomfortable transition but we are a people …
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