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$2.25bn bond saga: Finance Minister came to do ‘PR gimmick’ in parliament – NDC
Add a CommentMember of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhaji Alhassan Suhuyini has mocked Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta’s response on the $2.25bn bond saga on the floor of Parliament, describing it as a “PR gimmick”. According to the Tamale North lawmaker, the … Read more →
Finance Minister blasts NDC over $2.25bn bond
Add a CommentFinance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta yesterday defused the controversy surrounding the issuance of the $2.25 billion bond. He indicated in parliament that the domestic bonds were issued in a competitive and transparent bidding process managed by Joint Book Runners namely, Barclays, … Read more →
Finance Minister appears before Parliament today over $2.2bn
Add a CommentThe Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Attah will meet Members of Parliament on Wednesday over the $2.25 billion bond issue, reports Graphic Business’ Emmanuel Bruce from Parliament House. The meeting will be in line with an earlier Order by the Speaker … Read more →
Gov’t has saved GH¢612m by debt re-profiling – Finance Minister
Add a CommentThe move to re-profile the country’s debt has saved the nation GH¢612million, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, has said. “Our potential savings on domestic interest cost and therefore the creation of fiscal space currently stands at GH¢612million. Part of the … Read more →
Finance Minister apologises to workers declared ghosts
Add a CommentFinance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has apologized to all public sector workers whose names were mistakenly removed from government’s payroll. This follows the massive uproar that greeted the denial of more than 26,000 public workers their pay, due to their failure … Read more →
Finance Minister cleared over $2.3bn Bond
Add a CommentOfficials of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) have exonerated the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, of any wrongdoing in the $2.25 billion bond issued in April, 2017. The Head of Financial Management Service at the BoG, Stephen Opattah, insists that … Read more →
Finance Minister directs removal of 26,589 workers from payroll
Add a CommentThe Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has directed that names of 26,589 public sector workers be removed from the payroll commencing April 2017 for failure to register on the new SSNIT biometric system. A statement from the Public Relations Unit … Read more →
Finance Minister grabs $2.3 billion in historic deal
Add a CommentIn a historic financial transaction by the Ministry of Finance, an amount of $2.25 billion has been raked in through the issuance of bonds. The ministry yesterday successfully issued 15 and 7-year bonds with the same coupon of 19.75%, raising … Read more →
Free SHS to be funded from ABFA – Finance Minister
Add a CommentThe planned free senior high school (SHS) programme scheduled to take off from September 2017 will be financed from the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA), the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has said. Presenting the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy … Read more →
Finance Minister delivers 2017 budget today
Add a CommentThe Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, will, on behalf of the President, present the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament today, Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 1100 hours. A statement from the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry … Read more →
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