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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has dismissed calls on the government to reduce taxes on petroleum products. He said taking such an action will significantly affect the government’s revenues. Addressing the 2022 May Day parade at the Independence Square in Accra, he said the government risks losing about GH¢4 billion if it makes any such move. He added that it is even more untenable because the government is rather looking for more avenues to raise money. “Removing taxes on petroleum products will reduce government revenues by some GH¢4 billion. At this time, when we are determined to expand government revenues in order to increase our capacity to finance our own development, can we afford to reduce tax revenues by GH¢4 billion?” he quizzed. Fuel prices in Ghana have risen sharply in Ghana in the last six months, although they have stayed the same for almost a month. Amidst the numerous complaints from consumers that the situation is causing a strain on their finances as th

  A 21-year-old trader who sodomised a seven-year-old girl at North Kaneshie in Accra has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Anuze Salifu, charged with defilement, denied the offence. However, after the trial, the court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, found Salifu guilty and sentenced him. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Agnes Boafo, the prosecutor, said the complainant was a trader residing at North Kaneshie, Accra with the victim and her other siblings. The prosecution said Salifu also lived a few meters away from the complainant’s house. It said on March 7, this year, the complainant left the victim and her brother in the care of their elder sister. Whiles the victim was playing with her brother, the prosecution said the brother left the house on the blind side of the victim. It said realising that her brother was not in the house, the victim decided to go and look for him. The prosecution said the victim saw her brother seated in front

The Mobile Money Agents Association, has called on agents across the country, to comply with the implementation of government’s 1.5%, which will take off on Sunday, May 1, 2022. In a statement issued on April 30, Association urged its members to continue to educate the general public on the new tax initiative as it will “help restore confidence in and continuous usage of the platform to facilitate all financial transactions”. The statement, which was issued by the Associations’ General Secretary, Evans Otumfou, further disclosed that, deposits, withdrawals/cashouts and savings on momo wallets will not be affected by the new tax policy. The Association also reiterated that, “agents have no hand in e-levy charges or collection hence customers are not to pay any e-levy charges to Agents”. “Management highly appreciates the long standing challenges facing Agents in the business and would take steps at remedying as soon as discussions on e-levy settle. We call on Government to intensify edu

  30 years after Ghana decided to adopt the democratic system of government, President Nana Akufo-Addo says it’s been the country’s best decision so far. On April 28, 1992, the country went to the polls to vote for democracy after the late president Jerry John Rawlings came into power through a coup in 1981. The results came out that the majority of the citizens wanted democracy, hence they voted in favor.The results were; 3,408,119 for the motion, and 272,855 against the motion, representing 92.59% and 7.41% respectively. Addressing the nation on the 30th anniversary of the referendum approving the 1992 Constitution, President Akufo-Addo said “3O years ago today, on the 20th of April 1992, Ghanaians took one of the most important decisions of our history. We went to the polls in a referendum to decide the nature of the future governance of our nation, whether to continue to live under military rule or to live under democratic rule. Indeed, prior to this, Ghana had sampled almost every

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), says it has readied itself for the implementation of the much-talked about E-levy starting this Sunday, May 1, 2022. It said it has put in place adequate measures to ensure the smooth take off of the new tax. It said it has broadly consulted all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the collection of the E-levy commences on Sunday May 1, 2022 as earlier announced. “The Authority assures the general public that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure the smooth implementation of the Levy,” it said in a statement. “GRA has held several technical sessions and engagements with the various charging entities (Electronic Money Issuers, Banks, Payment Service Providers, and Specialized Deposit-taking Institutions) on the implementation of the E-Levy, with the aim of ensuring that the charging entities are in a position to implement the Levy by the due date,” it added.Earlier this week, the GRA said in a letter to Charging Entities that the implement

  Former President John Mahama has challenged the Akufo-Addo government to prove him wrong by allowing an independent forensic audit into how COVID-19 funds were used. According to him, the government did not make prudent use of the funds it received to fight the pandemic. Speaking at the 4th Summit of the NDC Professional Forum in the Ashanti Region, Mahama said he stands by his claim that the government misused the Covid-19 funds by, among other things, using the money to finance the New Patriotic Party’s election 2020 campaign. “Parliament presented a motion to ask for a parliamentary investigation into how the COVID-19 funds were used. Who were those who threw out that motion? It was the NPP administration. The only way you can prove me wrong and say that that money was not used for election 2020 is to allow for an independent forensic audit into how the money we received during the COVID pandemic was used. Prove me wrong,” he threw the challenge.Meanwhile, Jonh Mahama has also acc

Rector of BlueCrest University College, Dr. Sujith Jayaprakash, has urged the youth to make meaning of the skills they acquire to find solutions to challenges that confront their communities. Addressing fresh students admitted to the college, Dr. Jayaprakash said the emphasis on skills development at all levels of the educational ladder is meant to equip students with a solution–based approach in tackling social, economic and environmental challenges that confront us on daily basis. ‘The youth are the future leaders and the solution lies in the skills they have acquired. Africa and the world today keep looking for a medicine to cure AIDS and corona virus; a solution is still needed to arrest the growing global climate crises and an even more urgent solution is needed to tackle the looming global economic meltdown that is staring at us in the face. It is time to put the skills to use to get the world the solution it needs’’ he noted. Driving Development Goals Dr. Jayaprakash also charge

Steve Harvey, a well-known African-American comedian, has made surprising admissions regarding his decision to leave Ghana in search of brighter pastures in America. As he sees it, America is not what most young Africans believe it to be because individuals like him wish they could live in countries like Ghana, where they would be protected for the rest of their lives. This revelation was delivered by the prominent talk show presenter in an interview that has gone viral on different social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook. “America is not what most young Africans imagine it to be because individuals like him wish they could live in countries like Ghana, where they would be secure forever,” he said. Steve went on to say that America “isn’t what people believe it to be.” With regard to police shooting people after pulling them over, he said, “You will never hear in Ghana that police have shot someone after pulling them over.” As a result, he emphasized that staying at home (in

  Seven people have died after a boat capsized on the Late Volta in the Kwahu North District of the Eastern Region. Police Public Relations Officer in the Region DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said the incident occurred at 6pm on Thursday, April 14, 2022.  A passenger boat with 20 persons travelling on the Volta Lake from Dzemeni to Havorkope on the Dwarf Island capsized mid-way after they were caught up in a heavy storm.  Seven persons – five female and two males between the ages of 31 and 60 years – got drowned. The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at a private mortuary on the island as police commence investigations.  The District National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Operations Officer, Karrah Joseph Eric, said 13 others onboard the boat have since been rescued after a search and rescue efforts by the boat owners. “The search efforts began since last night, it hasn’t ended yet. Due to the nature of the river, it is likely that some other passengers on board may have drif

  The CEO of Wontumi Groups and Companies has claimed and show interest of owning the Chealsea Football.  According to the CEO, he will negotiates with the bid to bus the Club.  He add" I will talk to Real Madrid to have Vinícious Augustus, Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo if I guy's the Team . According to Him £3.1 billion is not anything strange to Him. " I'm into Gold mining so I can buy Chealsea. He said all these wjen been interviewed on Wontumi Tv to King on Wontumi Sports. 

  Two Policemen who were among the officers allegedly involved in bullion van robberies have been killed during exchange of fire with the Police at Ashaiman in Accra. Four other officers have also been arrested and will be appearing before court on Wednesday March 9, a Police statement said on Tuesday March 8. “The police have carried out an intelligence-led field raid at a hideout of the gang connected with the investigation into the bullion van robberies. “During the raid at Borteyman near Ashaiman there was an exchange of gunshot and two policemen, Constable Reindolph Gyimah Ansah and Cpl Stephan Kwaku Nyame who had been arrested in connection with the bullion van robberies were shot and were pronounced dead on arrival at the Police hospital for treatment. “Further investigations have led to the arrest of five other suspects, four of whom are policemen. We are pursuing five other civilian suspects who have gone into hiding. “The Policemen involved have been interdicted and all the s

  Dr George Peprah, a physician specialist at the Takoradi hospital has said, Josephine Paanyin Simon, the fake pregnant woman, only visited the hospital for fertility tests and not antenatal. “Her visit to our facil ity was for an oestrogen test for infertility assessment, we don’t have records on her at the antenatal unit,” Dr Peprah added. Doctor George Peprah was answering questions from the counsel of the accused Mr Fiifi Buckman, during cross-examination in court on Friday. The lawyer questioned whether the accused was taken through an oestrogen hormonal test at the hospital to check her fertility. Dr Peprah explained that doctors usually did not take patients through oestrogen tests for fertility but rather for infertility assessment. The lawyer said “What you are telling the court is not true. Because you do an oestrogen test to check fertility first before you check infertility in women” but the doctor answered in the negative which allowed the judge to adjourn the case to Feb

  Economist and Finance Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Prof. Godfred Bokpin, wants the government to tread cautiously in its pursuit to raise revenue to salvage the economy. He says ongoing discussions on the imposition of the Electronic Transaction Levy and the country’s possible return to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be well-thought through. Speaking on   Eyewitness News , Prof. Godfred Bokpin, who is strongly in opposition to the E-levy advocated for home-grown solutions, also called for a national consultative dialogue on whether Ghana should fall back to the IMF in these crucial moments. “I don’t support E-levy because it is not the way to go. It’s regressive and even if it’s passed, it’s not Ghana’s solution. But for going back to IMF, let’s have a national conversation around it. Let’s have a home-grown way with clear benchmark indicators and requirements. That cannot support this large government and wasteful expenditures. This is th

  Former President John Dramani Mahama, has for the first time, disclosed where he was and how he received news about the death of his boss, the late Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta-Mills. He was speaking at the launch of the Atta-Mills Memorial Heritage on Tuesday. The event, which was held at the Cedi Center, University of Ghana, Legon, brought together scores of party supporters and other dignitaries. According to him, on the day Professor Mills died, he was informed by Sir James Beebako-Mensah, (Professor Mills’ secretary) that, he, John Mahama, would be acting as the President of Ghana on that faithful day, July 24. This was because, the President was likely to travel to Nigeria. Based on the scheduled travel, Professor Mills made a specific request for Mahama to stand in for him at the official launch of the ‘Brand Ghana Project’ at the Accra International Conference Center. John Mahama said he attended the function in the company of the Chief of Staff, Mr. John Henry Martey Newm

The Supreme Court has asked its Registrar to serve notice of a suit before it to NDC MP, James Gyekye Quayson as an individual and not a Member of Parliament. The order was issued on Tuesday, February 1 2022, when the case involving the governing NPP and Mr. Quayson was heard. This became necessary because attempts by the bailiff to serve the suit on Mr. Qauyson, through Parliament has proved futile. Mr. Quayson, according to  JoyNews ’ Joseph Ackah Blay, has not been served with the process. Speaker Alban Bagbin has also not received the process as he is out of the country. The NPP claims that Mr. Quayson cannot continue performing Parliamentary duties because he was not qualified when he applied to contest on the ticket of the NDC in the Assin North Constituency. The Director of Elections of the NPP, Evans Nimako said in court that the judicial process will be used to stop the MP from attending Parliament “We’re in the Supreme Court to seek interpretation of article 94(2a) in additio

  Ghanaian musician turned media personality,   Mzbel   has made public some well kept secrets about her late father that has shocked many. Mzbel, born Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah received news of that death of her father Mr. Amoah few days ago while hosting her relationship radio show. She stopped the show half way and stormed out of the studio saying she needed to see the mortal remains of her father before he was buried as Muslim customs demand. Mzbel has disclosed in a new video circulating online that her father was a womanizer who had affair with numerous slay queens despite having 4 wives. She said in a Facebook live that her father was very polygamous and believed in having many wives so he married four women but that was not enough to stop him from having more.

  Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says the inconsistencies in government’s communication over the Electronic Transaction Levy Bill (E-levy) amounts to a disrespect of people’s intelligence.  He said government has not been objective in its consultations over E-levy as certain groups are deliberately left out, creating room for some selected persons to rain praises on the policy. The private legal practitioner described the tax policy as “unpopular” when he was hosted by Joy News’ Samson Lardy Anyenini on Newsfile on Saturday. He added that the position of government officials and how they communicate about the proposed levy is what gives the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) the room to oppose it. “Sometimes, it’s very interesting how people come and spin and expect that we believe it, assuming that we don’t know what is going on. They’ve gone back to do the so-called consultations and in doing that, they are creating these crowds of selected people and

  Teenager Dango Ouattara scored the only goal and was sent off as Burkina Faso surprised Tunisia to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Ouattara, 19, ran onto Blati Toure’s through ball, held off two defenders and cut inside before firing in. But he was then sent off in the 82nd minute for an elbow on Ali Maaloul. The Stallions, who have never won the tournament, will meet the winner of Sunday’s BBC Two game between Senegal and Equatorial Guinea (19:00 GMT). But they will be without Ouattara, now suspended after his late dismissal. It came after referee Joshua Bondo’s second trip to the monitor for a video assistant referee check in quick succession. Ouattara, 19, ran onto Blati Toure’s through ball, held off two defenders and cut inside before firing in. But he was then sent off in the 82nd minute for an elbow on Ali Maaloul. The Stallions, who have never won the tournament, will meet the winner of Sunday’s BBC Two game between Senegal and Equatorial Guinea (19:00 GMT). But

  The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Prof. Kwesi Aning, is predicting a couple of coup d’etats in the West African Region. He said if the regional bloc, ECOWAS and the African Union (AU) does not urgently resolve the insecurity threats in the region. This, he said, is a result of the trajectory of extreme violence and the toxicity in politics such as excessive corruption, unemployment, poor educational system and other underlying factors of political instability present in most West African countries. Speaking to host Samson Lardy Anyenini on the Burkina Faso crisis on  Newsfile,   Saturday, Prof. Aning said the region is likely to experience two more of such political instability between now and June 2023. “This would not be the end of it. Between now and June 2023, we would see similar things happen. Probably two more. If we don’t stem the tides between now and 2023 then we get two more,

  The Coalition of Private Transport Operators and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says engagements on the increment of fares will be concluded on February 2. According to the commercial drivers, they were torn between increasing transport fares and asking for a reduction in petroleum prices, but they hope to conclude next week after their deliberations. Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Concerned Drivers Association, David Agboado, said they will push for government to reduce taxes on petroleum products. He added that they will also consider increasing the fares. “As for the lorry fares, I hope that we will increase it and that we will still fight for the scrapping of taxes on petroleum products. We will communicate the conclusion on Wednesday because we must write to Parliament and do other necessary follow-ups.” “For the percentage on the transport fares, I can’t give it out now because everything must be agreed upon, and we are coming up with a reasonable percen

  Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has asked African countries to introduce innovative ways and strategies to sustain the increased consumer preference for digital payments. According to him, this will ensure the smooth and effective implementation of the Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) as well as an increase in intra-African trade.  Speaking at the commercial launch of the Payment System in Accra, Dr. Bawumia also called for strict enforcement of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, and the regulatory framework for financial services to alleviate some of the challenges of regulatory divergence. “We have also witnessed the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economies across the globe, and more especially on the African economies. The pandemic continues to reverse some of the economic gains we have achieved and also brought to the fore sustainability of some of these interventions. Trade has also been impacted through disruption to supply