Tag: Ken Ofori-Atta

Don’t Use Ken Ofori-Atta As An Excuse for Your Presidential Ambition: Razak Kojo Opoku Writes

Razak Kojo Opoku

It is quite funny when fanatics of Flagbearer hopefuls within the NPP consistently put all the blame on Ken Ofori-Atta as the main architect of the prevailing economic condition in the Country. Maybe because of their respective Presidential ambitions, some do not want to be part of the failures of […]

Call For Ken Ofori Atta’s Resignation Over Sputnik Vaccines Needless – Razak Kojo Opoku

Razak Kojo Opoku, Founder and President of Concerned Voters Movement (CVM) said it is Needless to Call for Resignation of Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta Over the Sputnik Vaccines. According to him, the calls for the resignation of the Minister of Finance, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta over the botched Sputnik Vaccine Supply deal […]

GCNet Presents Gh¢20million Dividend To Government

Emmanuel Darko presenting the cheque to the Finance Minister

The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GC-Net) has presented a cheque for GH¢20 million as dividend to government. The amount represents the 2nd part payment for 2018 and first part payment for 2019 of government’s 20 per cent shareholding in GCNet, which is held by the Ghana Revenue Authority. GCNet […]

Finance Minister States Government’s Commitment To Port Industry In 2019 Budget

Ken Ofori- Atta

Presenting the 2019 budget in parliament, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori- Atta has disclosed that the Government of Ghana is committed to establishing Ghana’s ports to being the main trade hub in the West African Sub-region. “As part of the overall strategy to position Ghana as a transport and logistic […]

2019Budget: Gov’t Allocates Ghc180m To Office Of The Special Prosecutor

Martin Amidu.

Government has allocated an amount of Ghc 180 million to the Office of the Special Prosecutor to function effectively. According to Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, who announced this in the 2018 budget statement presented to Parliament on Thursday, the money is to assist the Office of the Special Prosecutor in […]

Ghana Beyond Aid: ‘Our Banking Sector Must Grow Up!’ – Ken Ofori Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has Ken Ofori Atta said that the proliferation of small banks in the country was not beneficial to the country’s growth agenda as they are constantly muscled out by the bigger multinational financial institutions that operate in the country. He therefore suggested that in […]

Monetary Policy Set To Support Long Term Economic Stability

The efforts of the Bank of Ghana to maintain price and financial stability and the impact that those efforts have on confidence in the broader economy were among the issues explored in a wide-ranging interview that Ernest Addison, the Central Bank’s Governor, gave recently to Oxford Business Group (OBG).  Addison […]