Kenyan official calls for more budgetary allocation to judiciary to boost service delivery

xinhuanet.com - Dec 3, 2019 0

A Kenyan official on Thursday called for an increase in budgetary allocation to the judiciary in order to boost access to justice and enhance...

Police continue to monitor the situation at the Gbewaa Palace and the entire Yendi municipality.

Yendi Municipal Assembly approves 2020 Action Plan

Ghana News Agency - Oct 9, 2019 0

The Yendi Municipal Assembly has approved its 2020 Annual Action Plan, Budget and Fee Fixing resolution during its second ordinary meeting in Yendi in...

Over US$1.3 billion prepared in budget for Brexit – Paschal Donohoe

xinhuanet.com - Oct 8, 2019 0

Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe announced on Tuesday that the Irish government has prepared over 1.2 billion euros (about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars) in...

CSOs coalition demand Finance Minister to provide detailed information on GH¢2.75bn

Sammy Adjei - Sep 17, 2019 0

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and its partner-CSOs have petitioned the Ministry of Finance to furnish them with information on single source and restrictive...

Casely Hayford Says GES New Uniforms Will Do Nothing to Government’s Budget

Ghana News Agency - Apr 14, 2019 0

A social commentator, Sydney Casely-Hayford has downplayed criticisms over government’s priorities for the educational sector following the introduction of a new uniform for junior...

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’ (GNPC)

2019 GNPC Budget Cut Down by US$ 80 million

News Ghana - Mar 28, 2019 0

Parliament has slashed the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’ (GNPC)’s 2019 expenditure budget by 80 million dollars, Ranking Member of the Select Committee on Energy,...

Trump Stirs Yet Another Battle with Democrats Over His Budget

xinhuanet.com - Mar 13, 2019 0

U.S. president Donald Trump's 2020 budget proposal released Monday is unlikely to pass in the Democrat-controlled House and is set to create yet another...

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison

Financial Sector Clean-up Amounted To Gh¢9.9 Billion – BoG

Sammy Adjei - Nov 27, 2018 0

The Governor of the Central Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has said, Economic activities continued to pick-up although the trend remained below potential...

Government Reaffirms Its Commitment To Pursue Social Intervention Programmes

Sammy Adjei - Nov 19, 2018 0

President Nana Akufo Addo, has reiterated government’s commitment to pursue social intervention programmes to ensure the protection and support of the vulnerable in society,...

PFAG calls for involvement of private sector in post harvest management

News Ghana - Nov 7, 2018 0

The Peasant Farmers Association Ghana (PFAG) is calling for increased involvement of private sector in management of post harvest losses. The association is strongly of the...

Ethiopia’s next fiscal year budget to grow by 3.6 percent

xinhuanet.com - Jun 18, 2018 0

A draft budget bill approved by the Ethiopian Council of Ministers on Saturday showed a 3.6-percent increase for the next 2018-2019 Ethiopian fiscal year. The...

Zambia says IMF deal will not affect budget implementation

xinhuanet.com - Jan 31, 2018 0

The Zambian government on Wednesday said delay in concluding a financing package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not weaken nation's ability to...

2018 Budget Declared Ghana Broke – Ken Thompson

News Ghana - Dec 7, 2017 0

Mr Kenneth Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance on Tuesday said the 2018 Budget re-affirms speculations over the years that Ghana is broke. He...

Unemployment situation in Ghana a security threat

ABK - Nov 25, 2017 0

Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, the Deputy Minister of Finance, says the broad agenda for 2018 and the medium term is to create jobs leading to...

ISSER calls for revision of roles of agricultural development banks

ABK - Nov 23, 2017 0

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), of the University of Ghana, has said that given government’s desire to boost investments in...

Ghana Gov’t to remove VAT on lotto

ABK - Nov 23, 2017 0

The government has announced that it will continue the ongoing tax reform of the lotteries industry to abolish tax on lotto agents as part...

IMANI’s Review Of Ghana’s 2018 Budget

News Ghana - Nov 19, 2017 0

INTRODUCTION Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori- Atta presented his second budget to Parliament on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. The 2018 budget broadly aims at...

Ghana Gov’t Committed To Free And Quality Education

ABK - Nov 19, 2017 0

Ms Otiko Afisah Djaba, Minister of Gender, children and Social Protection, has said Government is committed to ensuring that every Ghanaian child of school...

Sports Ministry Pursue Enactment Of National Sports College Bill

ABK - Nov 15, 2017 0

The Ministry of Youth and Sports would in 2018 roll out the Youth in Sports Development Programme according to the 2018 budget statement. ...

Finance Minister Moves Parliament To Approve Financial Policy

ABK - Nov 15, 2017 0

“Rt. Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I beg to move...

Northern Ireland Could Have a Budget Set By Close of November

News Ghana - Nov 1, 2017 0

The British government on Wednesday said it plans to set a budget for Northern Ireland's devolved administration, amid a nine-month impasse in talks on...

GHS Spends Over 90% Of Its Budget On Salaries – SEND GHANA

News Ghana - Oct 27, 2017 0

SEND GHANA's report has shown that, over 90% of government's budgetary allocations for the health sector is spent on salary payments annually. The report...

Government’s policies, programmes needs to be explained in local dialects

News Ghana - Sep 4, 2017 0

Some women groups in the Wa Municipal Assembly of the Upper West Region have advocated the use of local languages to explain government’s policies...

A PhD in Economics Has Been Conferred on Mr. Akobeng

News Ghana - Aug 11, 2017 0

The University of Leicester in the United Kingdom (UK) has conferred a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Economics on Mr Eric Akobeng, Head...

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (C) meets with a high-level Chinese business delegation at her Foreign Ministry office in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 6, 2015. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday said that the visit of the 16-member business delegation from the People's Republic of China (PRC) provides Liberia with a new, and broader opportunity to go beyond what the two countries have done on the bilateral level.(Xinhua/Elis Zoker)

EU grants €10m to Liberia as budgetary support

News Ghana - Jul 12, 2017 0

Last week, the Government of Liberia received a grant of EUR 10 million (USD 11.2 million) from the European Union (EU). The EU disbursed...

African Water Facility 2016 report and 2017 budget approved by AfDB

News Ghana - Jun 27, 2017 0

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the 2016 Annual report and 2017 Work plan and budget of...

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