#2022budget

Senior Presidential Advisor, Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo has described the controversial 2022 budget that has raised a lot of concerns following the introduction of E-Levy as one of the best budgets the country has ever come up with. According to him it is one of the best because the budget made provision or youth employment through entrepreneurship and the introduction of E-Levy to fund entrepreneurship ventures. "Indeed, this current budget is one of the best this country has ever produced," he stated. Mr. Osafo Maafo…

The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo who has been adjudged African leader of the year 2021, as asked all minister and their deputies not to travel for a month except serious medical emergency. The one month ban is as a result of Ministers and their Deputies being serving members of Parliament as well as issues that has to do with the appropriation of the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of government. This temporary ban is to ensure that all members of the Majority in Parliament are available for their…

Following the approval of the 2022 budget, Ningo Prampram MP, Samuel Nartey George has said that the Minority in Parliament still doesn't agree with the approval of the budget and will reject it at Committee and Plenary. He noted that it is Ghanaians will that the budget gets rejected and for that matter the Minority will see to it that it gets rejected. ''As far as I know, the position of the Minority as a Caucus is that we would REJECT the imposition of an e-Levy at Committee and Plenary. That's the will of the…

Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya Sarah Adwoa Safo has debunked viral claims that she was impersonated in Parliament on Tuesday 30th November 2021 by an unknown woman when the budget was being approved. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday 1st December she stated categorically that he was present in Parliament on 3oth November. Other members of Parliament such as Haruna Iddrisu and Okudzeto Ablakwa have raised concerns on their colleague member of Parliament Adwoa Safo being impersonated. …

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has made his first reaction after the 2022 budget was approved by the Majority in Parliament on Tuesday 30th November 2021. Reacting to the approval of the budget he has described the approval of it without the minority in Parliament as unconstitutional. In a tweet he wrote; “did their unconstitutional conduct purported to approve the rejected budget or they approved a new budget with the said concessions.” Meanwhile, the Majority in Parliament of Ghana…

The Majority in Parliament of Ghana have on Tuesday 30th November 2021 approved the controversial 2022 budget statement following the boycotting of Parliamentary proceedings by the Minority in Parliament after they failed to agree with the Majority on the budget. The Majority in Parliament indicated that the rejection of the budget on Friday 26th November was unconstitutional but the Minority insisted that due process is followed to reject the budget. After a series of meeting which yielded no results the Majority…

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel George Nartey has said that the Minority in Parliament on Friday 26th November 2021 stood with the ordinary Ghanaians to reject the 2022 budget. He made this comment on twitter after the NDC MPS rejected the 2022 budget in Parliament. The 2022 budget has been a torn in the flesh for many Ghanaians as man have complained following the introduction of the E-Levy in compensation of the abolished toll collection. ''The 2022 Budget has been rejected by Parliament. We as a…

The #FixtheCountry Pressure group have on Friday 26th November 2021 embarked on another demonstration which ended in Parliament House for presentation of petition. This comes after the group asked Parliament to reject the 2022 budget and Economic Policy of Government presented in Parliament on Wednesday 17th November 2021 by Ken Ofori-Atta. The group says the 2022 budget is unacceptable and contain stuff that the ordinary Ghanaian wasn't expecting. “The E-levy is just one of the things that we want to talk about,…

A lot of Ghanaians have lamented on the yet to be unleased hardship that will befall the country in 2022 following the 2022 budget which contains a newly introduced E-Levy. Some social media folks are of the opinion that the E-Levy which was added to the 2022 budget will bring hardship on Ghanaians in coming years owing to the fact that there's scarcity of jobs in the country. Despite some Ghanaians accusing the government of the day for taxing Ghanaians too much which is causing hardship in the country, a twitter…

Broadcast journalist and Managress of GHone TV, Nana Aba Anamoah has reacted to government's move to impose taxes on mobile money transactions in 2022. The Finance Minister while presenting the budget on 17th November 2021 said in Parliament; it's becoming clear there exists the enormous potential to increase tax revenues by bringing into the tax bracket, transactions that could be best defined as being undertaken in the informal economy. After considerable deliberations, the government has decided to place a levy on…