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Parliament pays GH¢8m out of GH¢13m owed ECG to avoid disconnection

Parliament pays GH¢8m out of GH¢13m owed ECG to avoid disconnection

The Parliament of Ghana has made a payment of GH8 million out of the GH13 million it owed the Electricity Company of Ghana. The partial payment was made when the ECG revenue mobilization taskforce visited

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President Akufo-Addo to deliver SONA today

President Akufo-Addo to deliver SONA today

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament later this morning Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution imposes

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Speaker Launches 30th Anniversary Celebration of Parliamentary Democracy

Speaker Launches 30th Anniversary Celebration of Parliamentary Democracy

  The Rt. Hon. Speaker of the 8th Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, in his colourful Ghanaian kente cloth today, launched the much anticipated 30th Anniversary Celebrations of Ghana’s Parliamentary democracy. Recounting a brief history

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Finance Minister addresses Parliament on debt restructuring measures

Finance Minister addresses Parliament on debt restructuring measures

Finance Minister addresses Parliament on debt restructuring measures Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, addressed Members of Parliament on the progress of the government's debt restructuring measures. During his presentation today on the floor of Parliament,

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DDE: Finance Minister to appear before Parliament today

DDE: Finance Minister to appear before Parliament today

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to appear before Parliament over the controversial Debt Exchange Programme (DDE) today, Thursday, February 16, 2023. The Minister will be briefing the House on the exercise. The Minister

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Parliament celebrate National Chocolate Day

Parliament celebrate National Chocolate Day

Parliament of Ghana today celebrated national chocolate day in view of promoting high intake of Ghanaian chocolate. In view of the celebration, the member of Parliament for Ofinso, Mr Isaac Yaw Opoku used the opportunity

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Parliament approves amended E-Levy bill

Parliament approves amended E-Levy bill

Parliament on Wednesday approved the amended electronic transaction levy bill, paving way for the rollout of the policy. The bill will reduce the rate for the levy from 1.5 to 1 percent. This follows a

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Ofori-Atta survives censure vote after majority walkout

Ofori-Atta survives censure vote after majority walkout

Attempts by the Minority group to impeach Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta as the Minister of Finance have proven futile. During the censure vote on Thursday, December 8, 2022, all 136 MPs on the minority side voted

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Censure motion: Ofori-Atta misbehaved himself — Committe Co-chair

Censure motion: Ofori-Atta misbehaved himself — Committe Co-chair

Dr. Dominic Ayine, Co-chair of the 8-member ad hoc committee constituted to address the Minority's censure resolution for the dismissal of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has stated that the investigation indicated that the Minister misbehaved

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2023 Budget and Economic Policy approved

2023 Budget and Economic Policy approved

The Parliament of Ghana has approved the Budget and Economic Policy for the 2023 fiscal year. The removal of a threshold for the Electronic Transaction Levy and a 2.5% increase in VAT were two of