Business

GPHA workers stage demo over 20% revenue collection

July 12, 2022

Workers of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) are up in arms over the refusal of a private company to allow them collect 20 percent revenues. Workers are clad in red and are demanding a rescission of the decision by management. Labour to meet gov’t today over COLA demand The Forum for Public Sector […]Continue Reading

Business

Bibiani: Angry youth fight Mensin Gold for jobs

July 7, 2022

Angry youth at Bibiani in the Western North Region on Wednesday besieged the premises of Mensin Gold Limited, demanding immediate employment from authorities. Connect FM’s Western North correspondent Kwamena Fynn reported to Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, the host of Omanbapa morning show, that the angry youth have given the company a one-week ultimatum to start employing Continue Reading

Business

Discriminatory policies needed for local businesses but AGI rejected reversal of benchmark value – Oppong Nkrumah

July 7, 2022

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that discriminatory policies are required to help grow local industries. It is part of this reason that the government introduced the reversal of the 50 per cent benchmark value in order to assist local producers. However, he said, the Association of Industries (AGI) rejected that move because in […]Continue Reading

Business

Ghana bags $3.3bn from non-traditional exports in 2021

July 6, 2022

Ghana’s Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) earnings increased from $2.847 billion in 2020 to $3.33 billion in 2021, representing an increase of 17% during the period under review. This was reported at the 2021 NTE statistics launch by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority in Accra. Over the past five years (2017 to 2021), the country’s NTEs grew […]Continue Reading

Business

IMF bailout: We will resist attempts to punish the poor worker – Dr. Beyuo to government

July 6, 2022

General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Titus Beyuo, says both the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should look for creative ways to solve Ghana’s problem rather than disadvantaging poor public workers as has been done in the past. According to him, the cutting down of public sector employees, the freezing […]Continue Reading

Business

Toll workers petition Parliament over cessation of toll collection, salary arrears

July 6, 2022

Members of the Toll Workers Association of Ghana have petitioned Parliament to demand the reversal of the decision to cease collecting tolls. They also asked for the payment of their six-month salary arrears from the government. The group said about 800 toll workers, who were disengaged following a directive by the government to halt the […]Continue Reading

Business

Government begins talks with IMF today amid economic crisis

July 6, 2022

Officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will commence negotiations with the government today on a possible programme to support Ghana’s homegrown economic policies. The IMF team – led by the Mission Chief for Ghana, Carlo Sdralevich – will have in-person meetings with officials of the Finance Ministry, the Economic Management and the Presidency from […]Continue Reading

Business

Invest in the private sector – AGI CEO tells government

July 5, 2022

Chief Executive of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Seth Twum-Akwaboah has urged government to make more investments in the private sector. This, he explained is because the sector employs more people compared to the other sectors. “Our structure has remained the same very import-dependent – exports of primary product, export of cocoa, gold and […]Continue Reading

Business

Amansie West Fails To Meet Revenue Target for 1st Quarter

July 5, 2022

The Amansie West District Assembly in the Ashanti region, has recorded an amount ofGH₵312,668.13,representing 24.84% of its GH₵1,258778.18 Internally Generated Fund (IGF) target for the first quarter of the 2022 fiscal year. Comparably, the figure is below the quantum of money generated for the first quarter of the 2021 fiscal year. District Chief Executive (DCE) of […]Continue Reading

Business

NLA Begins Sunday ‘Aseda Draw’ …D-G Assures of Better Days

July 5, 2022

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has launched the seventh game of their Popular 5/90 game. This is the first time in the 60 years of the Authority’s existence that a game is being introduced for Sunday. The game dubbed, Aseda meaning “Thanksgiving” according to the Authority, is a game to say thank you to its […]Continue Reading