The Ghana Chamber of Mines has raised the alarm about Ghana’s rising tax burden, saying that the country’s average effective tax rate, which is close to 60%, could stop future domestic and foreign investment in the mining sector. Kenneth Ashigbey, the Chief Executive Officer, said that the total burden, which includes a 5% royalty, a…
Bernard Okoe Boye, a former Minister of Health, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take a strong stand against leaders who undermine democracy. He warned that entrenched authoritarianism can lead to instability and violent upheaval. His comments came after a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso that killed seven Ghanaian…
The Minority in Parliament, led by Old Tafo MP Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has asked the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to look into Atlas Commodities Limited’s business practices because of possible problems. On February 23, he spoke to reporters in Accra and asked how the private company was able to work in warehouses registered…
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, has told new doctors that if they don’t accept jobs in rural areas, they could lose their jobs with the government by the end of February 2026. While visiting the University of Ghana College of Health Sciences at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for work, he told teachers and…
The Minority Spokesperson on Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has criticised the government’s handling of cocoa sector reforms, arguing that a structured reform programme had already been agreed with the International Monetary Fund before the previous administration left office. Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues on February 22, he said the current government…
Richard Ahiagbah, the New Patriotic Party’s Director of Communications, has questioned the timing of the Electoral Commission and Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng’s clearance from petitions claiming misconduct. He says it takes people’s minds off of important issues in the cocoa sector. On TV3’s KeyPoints, he said that the media’s focus on the petition has taken…
Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the Deputy Minister for Finance, said that President John Dramani Mahama was “very upset” after being told about the interception of articulated trucks at Ghana’s borders that were thought to be avoiding taxes and making money. The Ghana Revenue Authority’s Customs Division stopped trucks that were supposed to be carrying goods from…
Rosy Meurer has spoken out amid the recent reconciliation of Tonto Dikeh and Olakunle Churchill, denying accusations that she caused their split. Meurer, who married Churchill three years after his divorce from Dikeh, previously claimed Dikeh was like family, but in a recent video she backtracked, saying she never knew Dikeh or had any connection…
To protect the continuity of upstream operations and keep production going in mature fields, Parliament has approved extending the West Cape Three Points (WCTP) and Deepwater Tano (DWT) petroleum agreements until December 31, 2040. The extensions, which involve the government, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, GNPC Exploration and Production Limited, Tullow Ghana Limited, Kosmos Energy Ghana…
Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has asked the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands (OASL) to work more closely with traditional authorities, metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies, and other land sector agencies to improve the management of customary land and encourage orderly growth. At the OASL’s 2026 Annual…
