The Government of Ghana realised a total of US$341.50 million from the oil and gas sector as of the third-quarter of 2015, Finance Minister Seth Terkper has told Parliament.“Total petroleum receipts (i.e. proceeds from Jubilee liftings and other petroleum receipts) as at the end of the third-quarter of 2015 was US$341.50 million (GHȻ1,243.65 million),” Mr […]
The government of Ghana has secured funding for 320, 488 day students to commence the free SHS programme, the Finance Minister Seth Terkper has revealed.Presenting the 2016 budget and economic policy statement, Terkper stated that the country is on course to provide 200 Community High Schools.According to Terkper, work has started on 123 schools which
The Government will add 845MW to the national grid by the end of 2015, to supplant power supply, Finance Minister Seth Terkper has said.Presenting the 2016 Budget to Parliament on Friday November 13, 2015, Mr Terkper said the 845MW expected is a realisation of President John Mahama efforts towards ending the erratic power situation in
The Finance Minister Seth Terkper has revealed that Ghana’s economy would grow by 4.1 at the end of the year 2015.This is a little above the estimated 3.5 per cent projected by the government and 4.0 per cent growth rate achieved in 2014.Government in July, revised its 2015 budget after huge shortfalls in estimated revenue
Coach Avram Grant has dropped captain Asamoah Gyan and has given defender Jonathan Mensah a starting role for Ghana’s World Cup qualifying first leg match against Comoros at the Stade Said Mohammed Cheikh in Moroni today.After a month absence from the team Mensah partners John Boye at the heart of defence as US-based Harrison Afful
Suspended chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Awentami Afoko will now resort to the court to have the decision of the Nation Executive Committee (NEC) to suspend him reversed. Mr. Afoko who appeal to the National Council (NC) of the NPP his last attempt at ensuring his reinstatement through party structures saw his
The Minister of Education and Chairperson of the Ghana National Commission for UNESCO Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has been elected to serve a four-year term of office on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).This was announced at the just-ended special plenary session of the 38th General Conference of
Former President J.J Rawlings has requested for an urgent deployment of African Union troops to Burundi to prevent, contain and possibly arrest those who are committing extra-judicial killings in that country.According to Mr Rawlings, the recent violent developments in Burundi require pragmatic action.In a diplomatic letter to the current African Union Chairman and Zimbabwean President,
To make the transfer of prisoners between Ghana and the United Kingdom possible, the two commonwealth countries, at a ceremony in Accra Thursday, signed a prisoner transfer deal.The agreement means Ghanaian prisoners in the UK can be transported back to serve their sentence in Ghana, while UK prisoners in Ghana can also be sent back
Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, will today appear before Parliament to present the 2016 budget and economic policy statement.Finance ministry officials have hinted the financial statement for next year would focus particularly on the energy sector, considering that government has secured the World Bank’s Partial risk Guarantee (PRG) to support investment in the Sankofa
