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Finance Minister: Ghana’s System Creates Pressure to Maintain Extramarital Relationships

  By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, recently shed light on a phenomenon that frequently compels men to engage in extramarital relationships. In a video shared on June 8, 2023, via Joy News’ official Twitter handle, the finance minister delivered a speech in which he highlighted how …

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DDEP: Leave our pensioners alone – Bagbin tells Finance Minister

  The Speaker of Parliament has asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, not to touch monies belonging to pensioners. Alban Bagbin said the current economic crisis can be solved without the funds of the pensioner. Wrapping up on the business of the House on Thursday, February 16, the former Nadowli …

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Former CJ Sophia Akuffo Returns To Finance Ministry To Picket Over DDEP

  The former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has returned to the premises of the Ministry of Finance, to join pensioner bondholders picketing to demand a total exclusion from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. The former Chief Justice first joined the bondholders on Friday leading to varied reactions among Ghanaians and …

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Former Finance Minister,Kwesi Botchwey dead

Brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Politics Prof Kwesi Botchwey Former finance minister Kwesi Botchwey has died.  He passed away at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Saturday, 19 November 2022, at the age of 78. He was under medical care until his passing, sources say. Prof Botchwey first served as finance minister …

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I can’t turn my back on Ofori-Atta – Nana Addo defends Finance Minister

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has once again rejected calls for the dismissal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta saying such a move will amount to a betrayal of trust. Speaking on Kumasi Based OTEC FM as part of his tour of the Ashanti Region, the President said the …

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British MP suspended for calling UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

  British MP suspended for calling UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng Tue, 27 Sep 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.com A British Member of Parliament (MP) from the Labour Party, Rupa Huq, has been suspended by her party for alleged racist comments she made against British-born …

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Kwarteng named UK Finance Minister, becomes first Black to hold the position

  By:brightwebtv/Nana asare barimah Kwasi Kwarteng has been appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom The United Kingdom will have its first black Finance Minister in the person of Kwasi Kwarteng. Kwarteng, who is of Ghanaian descent, was appointed by Britain’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, on Tuesday, September …

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State loses GH¢27bn to tax exemptions – Finance Minister confirms in Parliament

  brightwebtv Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has confirmed that the country lost about GH¢27 billion to tax exemptions granted some businesses between 2008 and 2020. The amount translates to about GH¢2.2 billion surrendered in tax waivers each year for the 12-year period. Addressing …

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Full text: Finance Minister’s statement to Parliament on government’s Covid-19 expenditure in 2020

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Mr Speaker, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. This moment has marked a defining moment in world history and its impact still reverberates globally. Mr Speaker, here in Ghana, we recorded our first two cases on …

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Finance Minister Not Mandated By Constitution To Present Budget Statement – Majority Leader Clarifies

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Hon Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu Minister for Parliamentary Affairs who doubles as the leader of government business, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu says it is only commonsensical that the Finance Minister delivers the budget statement in Parliament and not that he is mandated …

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