Staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) say moves by government to involve a private investor in power distribution will do little to change the often cited inefficiency of the process.
Ghana’s power sector has received a major boost after the country got the nod to access a US$498 million grant under the Ghana Power Compact – Compact II.
Referring to the United Nation Human Development Index report, president Mahama stated Ghana is positioned second only to Cape Verde in relation to access to portable water, and other human indicators used to rate progress in the West African sub-region.
A new technology, dubbed “MoneyMaker irrigation pump†has been introduced in the country by KickStart, a machines manufacturer, to help farmers farm all-year-round irrespective of the season.
Unibank, the 2016 best bank in ‘Long Term Loan Finance’ in Ghana has launched a customer centered product to aid customers maximize benefits they receive from the bank.Â
The European Commission has ruled that Apple owes Ireland €13 billion ($14.5 billion) in back taxes covering a 10-year period. It says the tax deals Ireland granted Apple count as illegal “state aid,†and calculates that it brought the company’s effective corporate tax rate down to just 0.005% in 2014.
Airtel Money, a subsidiary brand of Airtel Ghana has announced its readiness to engage partner banks in paying interests earned by customers on their Airtel Money wallets effective 11th September 2016.
Deputy Minister of Finance, Mona Quartey has refuted notions that the delay in the third tranche of the IMF extended credit facility has affected the road show for the Eurobond.
Passengers travelling to the Volta Region are expected to benefit from the construction of a new regional airport in the capital Ho, which is set to be completed by first quarter 2017.
Head of University of Professional Studies Centre for Public Accountability, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has raised concerns over poor revenue collection practice by authorities, culminating in government losing millions of income to entities every year.
Deputy Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson has stated government is keen to ensure there are no budget overruns this election year clarifying at a stakeholders consultation workshop on the 2017 budget in Accra that government is determined to sustain fiscal discipline while investing prudently in infrastructure and social development.
The workshop was to solicit inputs from stakeholders in the planning, formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of the national budget.
He said to advance budget transparency, Ghana has signed on to the open budget initiative to promote transparency and accountability in budget management, towards ensuring citizens participation.
He said for improved budget transparency and accountability, the stakeholder consultation process has become one of the pertinent methods to improving good governance and proper accountability to the citizenry.
The minister stated in line with provisions in the 1992 constitution and 2016 being an election year, the full budget would not be presented to parliament in November but rather government will seek parliamentary approval to cater for expenditure for the first quarter of 2017 so that government machinery does not grind to a halt.
“This is to allow, whoever, emerges as the winner of the 2016 elections and also the incoming parliament to approve the budget they will be overseeing,†he stated.
