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Increase VAT by 1% for free SHS project – IEA
Add a CommentThe Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has made a recommendation to government to increase the 17.5% VAT by 1 percent to cater for the free Senior High School (SHS) project. According to the institute, the move will provide a sustainable … Read more →
Majority of Ghanaian electorates want MPs to have tertiary education – IEA
Add a CommentA survey conducted by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) indicate that majority of Ghanaian electorates wants Members of Parliament and Parliamentary aspirants to have a tertiary education qualification. The IEA’s survey showed about 84% of the electorates raise their … Read more →
IEA should create debate platform for Nana Addo and I – Akua Donkor
Add a CommentThe Founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party Madam Akua Donkor had lashed out at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)for proposing a separate debate for President John Mahama and the Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), … Read more →
63% of Ghanaians living in poverty – Survey
Add a CommentMajority of Ghanaians have described their living conditions as poor and deteriorating.This was contained in the latest survey conducted by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).Those surveyed between June and July last year blamed their poor living conditions on the … Read more →
Abolish EC’s strong room – IEA
Add a CommentAs part of efforts to ensure electoral reforms before 2016, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a policy analysis think tank, has called for the abolition of the Strong Room of the Electoral Commission (EC). The ‘Strong Room,’ which falls … Read more →
IEA to EC: Recruit qualified electoral officers
Add a CommentThe Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to recruit highly-trained people to serve as election officials. It also called for those who act negligently to undermine the nation’s electoral process to be punished. Dr Ransford Gyampo, a Research Fellow at IEA, in a statement … Read more →
Do not seek review of Supreme Court judgement – IEA begs NPP, NDC
Add a CommentThe Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is urging the party in the election petition case in whose favour the expected judgement of the Supreme Court may not be to refrain from seeking a review in the interest of peace. According … Read more →
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