ALL POSTS FILED UNDER: KEN OFORI-ATTA
Ken Ofori-Atta in USA for World Bank/IMF meeting to finalise negotiations
Add a CommentThe Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has left the shores of Ghana to Washington, DC in the United States of America (USA) to attend the 2022 IMF and World Bank Annual meetings and advance negotiations with the IMF on a Programme … Read more →
Finance Minister holds another meeting with IMF over bailout
Add a CommentGovernment has held another constructive engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the bailout. Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta led a delegation from Ghana to the meering which was held outside Ghana with the Managing Director of the Fund, … Read more →
Minority MPs need 182 votes to push out Ken Ofori-Atta
Add a CommentMinority Caucus appears to be embarking on an exercise in futility to get the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta removed from office as they lack the numbers as required by the law. Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) … Read more →
Gov’t agrees to reduce E-levy rate to 1.5% – Ken Ofori-Atta
Add a CommentThe Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that the government has decided to reduce the rate of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy by 0.25 percent. This means, the state will no longer charge the proposed 1.75 percent but rather 1.5% … Read more →
Ken Ofori-Atta gets approval
Add a CommentThe road is now clear for Finance Minister designate, Ken Ofori-Atta to be sworn in as a substantive minister following his approval by Parliament today. Mr Ofori-Atta whose vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament travelled for two days got … Read more →
Cedi will regain strength in weeks — Ofori-Atta
Add a CommentThe Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has given an assurance that the cedi will begin to appreciate against the major currencies within the next two weeks. “The reversal will occur and it is going to be pretty stable,” Mr … Read more →
Ken Ofori-Atta is African Finance Minister of the year
Add a CommentGhana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has been awarded the prestigious African Finance Minister of the year at the Annual African Development Bank (AfDB) Meeting in Busan, South Korea. The award follows Ghana’s recent macroeconomic performance. Recognised as Africa’s most results-oriented … Read more →
I will expose Ato Forson soon – Ken Agyapong
Add a CommentMember of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has threatened to expose NDC spokesperson on Finance and former Deputy Finance Minister, Casiel Ato Forson. According to him, his involvement in alleged shady deals at the energy sector nearly collapsed … Read more →
2018 Budget: Ken Ofori-Atta will be interested in telling us about his entire family – Koku Anyidoho
Add a CommentDeputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho says the Finance Minster, Ken Ofori-Atta will have absolutely nothing new to say in his 2018 budget presentation. “He [Ken Ofori-Atta] will be interested in telling us about … Read more →
Nuisance taxes will be removed in 2017 budget – Ken Ofori-Atta
Add a CommentTHE Finance Minister has hinted that some levies which have been described as “nuisance taxes” will be removed when he presents the 2017 budget. Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the NPP government’s first budget, before the middle of March … Read more →
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