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By Adnan Adams Mohammed The Energy Commission of Ghana is entering a high-velocity phase of restructuring and expansion, as the…

By Adnan Adams Mohammed In the wood-paneled boardrooms of Accra’s leading commercial banks, a new term is dominating the agenda:…

By Mavis Adams Impression picked among staff and management indicate trust in the performance of the board so far chaired…

As the Bank of Ghana (BoG) prepares to lay a comprehensive framework in parliament soon for the introduction of Non-Interest…

By Adnan Adams Mohammed A finance expert and an Advisor to the Bank of Ghana has…

“Many will be borrowing funds which they won’t be paying back (so let us say they will be given grants, but lenders don’t know this yet)”, Alex Mould intuited in an interview last week.

The renowned economist with University of Cape Coast (UCC) urged government not to give in to the negative attitude of some fear government officials who fear the reconciliation and full disclosure of data, especially on procurement, and therefore advocating against the IMF program.

In terms of expenditure and funds related to Covid-19, Ghana experienced positive net benefits as the funds raised were more than the expenditure incurred. So if the fresh and ongoing engagement with the IMF is pandemic induced, then it is pandemic mismanagement.

They believe the Bank of Ghana’s measures put in place to curb the consistent rise in inflation are either not working or the situation is not being diagnosed properly. Both, are thereby calling on the government through the finance ministry to consider other factors such as the fiscal space.

The judgment regarding the issue of whether or not a deputy speaker  of parliament presiding can vote, the Supreme Court Justices concluded that the 138 members on the majority side including deputy speaker presiding  who voted to approve the 2022 budget was valid.  The implication is that the E-levy was passed on 30th November 2021. It also means the 2022 budget was fully approved.