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Opinion

E-Levy- a reliable source of income for public growth – Yaw Buaben Asamoa

Yaw Buaben Asamoa, National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has admonished Ghanaians to welcome the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) read by Finance Minister. Mr. Asamoa is optimistic that, the E-Levy read out by Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta during the 2022 Budget week ago will provide a reliable source of income, which will help to execute massive developments across the country. “You will now find a reliable source of income towards public growth…, a reliable way of delivering goods and also especially delivering roads. It helps with delivery of hospitals, reliable way of supporting our security services, essentially all the things that are public goods that individuals cannot provide but the government must. “Things which do not bring immediate profits but need heavy investment especially infrastructure,” Buaben Asamoa said while engaging the media in the Western Region on the 2022 budget. However, Mr. Asamoa believes the E-Levy will be the savior of Ghanaians and will see the country depart from petrol politics where levies are always imposed on the public through the increase of fuel. “it E-Levy gives us the opportunity to depart from the old petrol politics. All the political parties who have governed this country in the 4th Republic have focused on petroleum as a source of taxing. Indeed, there was a time when all you have to do for a budget was to announce an increase in petrol prices and everybody else will increase their prices. “This has persisted. This year, we have decided based on the novel budget that we will let petrol politics rest and so we are moving petrol out of the political tax bracket and this will be a major departure,” Buaben Asamoa said in his defense of the E-Levy in the 2022 Budget. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion, Politics

Minority claiming they won’t approve 2022 budget, is a demonstration of Immaturity—Nana Obiri Boahen

The National Deputy Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has described Minority protest of not going to approve the 2022 budget read by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta as a ‘demonstration of Immaturity’. According to the private legal practitioner, is pre-mature for the minority to say they won’t approve the budget when they have not discussed and debated it on the floor of parliament. Lawyer Obiri Boahen was speaking to Apexnews Ghana “Is Pre-mature for them to be talking like that, with due respect is a demonstration of immaturity. I am saying this because, a budget has been read and people are making their own interpretation and all sort of things. The parliament is an august body, the government cannot implement the contents of the provisions of the budget without parliamentary approval. So, why don’t you wait and listen, discuss and debate and interrogate it dispassionately and not from a partisan camp and then arrive at a conclusion”. He said “So, what message are you sending as Parliamentarians? They should all live without the entrenched partisan camp. They should think of the welfare of Ghana”. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

Speaker is a talkative–John Boadu claims

John Boadu, General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has thrown a verbal attack on Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Bagbin Ghana Speaker of Parliament. He said his new comments about having the power to remove President Akufo-Addo are clear signs that he talks anyhow. Mr. Boadu who was speaking to party members in Mankessim, said it is obvious that Mr. Bagbin is dazed by his current status because he never dreamt of becoming the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament throughout his political career. “The Speaker talks anyhow, now he even says he can remove the president but the president cannot remove him. He has forgotten that even if the president will be impeached he as a Speaker doesn’t have a vote but he is just boasting. “I don’t know what is wrong with him, he has inferiority complex, he is overwhelmed by his current status so sometimes he says things that do not make sense but we have to indulge him,” Mr. Boadu stated. Mr. Boadu came as a response to the Speaker’s recent pronounce that the law gives Parliament the powers to remove a president but does not give the same powers to a president to be able to remove a Speaker of Parliament. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

Broni confirmed District Chief Executive with 34 votes endorsement

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the East Gonja Assembly Mr. Ricahard Broni, has been confirmed by the assembly members. Mr Boni was confirmed when he obtained 34 ‘yes’ votes from the Assembly members on Monday, 22 November 2021. His nomination followed the two-time rejection of Mr. Mohammed Tamimu by Assembly members. A statement signed by the Minister of Local Government, Mr. Dan Botwe, directed the Savanna Regional Minister to “liaise with the Regional Electoral Commission to conduct the confirmation process of the nominated Chief Executive.” The confirmed MCE, who is a trained teacher from Kalande in the East Gonja Municipality, was among the 24 aspirants for the MCE position. Mr. Broni was the headteacher for Salaga Presby Primary in the East Gonja Municipality till he joined a non-governmental organization, FHI 360, on their USAID Ghana Partnership for Education learning project in 2017, as the Regional Training and Coaching Coordinator for the Northern Region. In 2019, he became the Zonal Training and Coaching Coordinator for the Northern Sector. Mr. Broni currently holds an Executive MBA in HR from the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

It will be unreasonable and insensitive on my part to say that all is rosy– NPP National Deputy Secretary

The National Deputy Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has confessed that all is not rosy in the country. Apexnewsgh.com reports According to Mr. Obiri Boahen who spoke to Apexnewsgh.com on the increasing rate of food commodities and how difficult it has become for Ghanaians to raise Ghc 2.00 for just a ball of Kenke which was initially sold at the rate of 0.50 pesewas and Ghc 1.00 respectively. Sharing his opinion on the issues of hardship raised by Ghanaians, Mr. Obiri Boahen confessed that it will be unreasonable and insensitive on his part to say that is rosy. However, he believes by December- January there will be abundant of food in the country. “It will be unreasonable on my part to say that all is rosy, it will be insensitive on my part to say that all is rosy. But I believe that very soon food will be in abundance because honorably we are in November. Some years gone by in November some will be getting ready to harvest maize but this time, people starts planting maize not quite long ago. So, I can foresee that from December-January, plantain, cassava and maize will be in abundance in the market because of the change in the rainfall pattern, it has affected a good number of farmers”. Mr. Obiri Boahen stressed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

I smelled a rat when i heard they mentioned scrapping of road tolls, i knew something bigger was coming–Asiedu Nketia

Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has ridiculed the 1.75% E-Levy electronic transactions declared by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta during the 2022 budget to parliament. As soon as the 2022 budget is approved by parliament, all electronic transactions across Ghana will be charged. According to the Finance Minister, such move is to help gather revenue in the country. Meanwhile, Ghana recorded a total GHS500 billion from e-transactions in 2020 compared with GHS78 billion in 2016. Mr. Ofori-Atta explained, that government is charging an applicable rate of 1.75% on all electronic transactions covering mobile money payments, bank transfers, merchant payments and inward remittances, which shall be borne by the sender except inward remittances, which will be borne by the recipient. “It is becoming clear there exists an 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.” “Mr Speaker, to safeguard efforts being made to enhance financial inclusion and protect the vulnerable, all transactions that add up to GHS100 or less per day, which is approximately GHS3,000 per month, will be exempt from this levy,” he said. “Mr Speaker, this new policy also comes into effect once appropriation is passed from 1st January 2022. The government will work with all industry partners to ensure that their systems and payment platforms are configured to implement the policy,” he said. However, reacting to the step taken by the government, NDC General Secretary said, “…when they mentioned that they are scrapping road tolls, I said that there’s something bigger, something unpleasant that they are bringing on board”, indicating: “MoMo is now the game of the day it penetrates to the rural areas, the unbanked population; they use MoMo, so, if you are taxing that one and you’re rather cancelling road tolls whose incidence falls on vehicle owners, it means that it is not a pro-people budget at all. You don’t maximize revenue at the expense of people who are overtaxed”. Mr. Asiedu Nketia told journalists in parliament after the 2022 budget. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah inspired Ghanaians to expect a good budget, yet Some Ghanaians believe the budget is Serwah…..

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has hinted Ghanaians to expect something good from the 2022 budget yet to be read by the Finance Minister Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta. Apexnewsgh.com report Mr. Oppong made the revelation through a post on his Facebook handle on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 According to him, you Ghanaians will smile. “Today is expected to be a good day for young Ghanaians looking for support to fuel their business ideas. We look forward to some relief for road vehicle users, while at the same time equitably raising revenues to speed up the fixing of our roads. Local industry can expect measures that will make their products more competitive while dealers benefit from the same measures to source the same products locally. And no, while acting as President of the Republic, VP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia cannot join the finance minister to the chamber today. It will be out of place”. He posted However, some Ghanaians have different views. Accoding to them, the 2022 budget is going to be nothing more than ‘Serwaa-Broni budget’ Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

Akufo-Addo’s promise to protect public purse now a mirage – Catholic Bishops

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take immediate steps to halt the wanton dissipation of the country’s resources by politicians and their cronies for personal gains. The president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev. Philip Naameh, who made the call at this year’s plenary assembly of the association in Wa, said the practice has led to high perceived corruption and corruptible practices among the ruling class which is taking a toll on the national economy and worsening the poverty situation in the country. “Though poverty stares us in the face, it appears lost to those with power. The expressed commitment of the president of the republic to protect the public purse, a promise that citizens welcomed, seems to be an illusion now. Are those managing the public purse not concerned about waste and misapplication of resources that belong to all Ghanaians? Can this be referred to as irresponsible use of power or the lack of compassion and empathy?” The Most Rev. Philip Naameh cautioned politicians not to take the will of the electorate for granted, saying “those who are entrusted with power that comes from our collective will must know that what they do with that (power) shapes what we all will become in the future”. The association also decried the challenges confronting key sectors of the economy such as education, health, mobility and transport, fake news and misinformation, cybercrime and prostitution as well as inadequate communication and ICT infrastructure and called on the government to take immediate steps to mitigate the current economic situation by initiating policies that will lead to the creation of sustainable jobs for the teaming youth in the country. The president of the Conference also called for an open and honest dialogue between the government and all stakeholders to address the difficulties that have arisen in the education and health sectors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bishop of Wa, Most Rev. Richard Kuuia Baawobr in his welcome address expressed concerns about the overspill of criminal activities and disasters such as diseases, pestilence, armed robbery, and other vices from neighbouring countries. He called on religious leaders in the Upper West Region to continue conscientizing their subjects on the menace. The theme for this year’s Catholic Bishops Conference is “fratellituti and Covid-19: pastoral challenges and opportunities in Ghana”. —citinewsroom Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Opinion

Prez Akufo-Addo’s Fuel Reduction Promise Was Campaign Talk – Nana Akomea Alleges

Nana Akomea, the Managing Director of the State Transport Company has said that a promise by then-candidate Akufo-Addo to reduce the prices of fuel was a campaign promise which should not be held against him. According to Nana Akomea, on the campaign trail, politicians make all kinds of promises, some of which they are unable to fulfill. He explained that President Akufo-Addo’s promise was borne out of the excitement of the political campaign and therefore should be disregarded. Nana Akomea who was on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana show last week with the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablawka accused the lawmaker of making similar promises as a member of the Committee for Joint Action, CJA. He however added that politicians should show honesty by apologizing to the citizenry when they are unable to fulfill a promise they made. He singled out former President John Agyekum Kufuor as a leader who conceded to not being able to fulfill a promise he made during his campaign. “Every political leader on campaign makes the same comment. CJA, where Sammy Okudzeto says that is where he got his political influence, they made the same sentiments. All of them. When leaders are campaigning they make these promises but when they come into office, there is a reality check. “When you are a political leader and you make certain statements as part of your messaging to the Ghanaian people and you come into office and see that the reality is different, you need to go back to tell them why you made this promise but why it is difficult for you to fulfill that promise. You need to do that. “President Kufuor is very famous for that when he talks about some issue that he campaigned against the Rawlings government. When he came into government and realized that the reality of the situation is that he couldn’t do much about it, he actually acknowledged and accepted it. He came out and said it is different and acknowledged it. I think leadership should acknowledge it”, he said. Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) recently week increased the prices of fuel at their respective pump stations. Viral photos indicate that Total has increased their prices of petrol and diesel to GH¢6.90. Chief Policy Analyst at Ghana Institute of Public Policy Options, Charles Wereko Brobbey has meanwhile advised the government to use the windfall from the oil revenue to cushion the price. “We’ve been told by the President that we’re a net exporter of oil now. That means that each time oil prices go above the baseline figure of $54 per barrel [that is used for our budgeting for revenue projections], the Government of Ghana is making a windfall from the price increase and as this goes on, we the consumers are suffering from the price increase because of the application of price formula. “So I think if the Government of Ghana wants to be a caring government, it should ensure that all the extra windfall profits which have come from $54 to $85 are applied to moderate the price increase,” he said. — ghanaweb. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

Politics

JUST IN: Wilson Dabuo disowned by Upper East NPP Communication team members

The communication team of the governing New Patriotic Party in the Upper East Region has disowned Wilson Dabuo as a member of their Regional Party Communication team. Apexnewsgh.com reports According to a statement issued and signed by leadership members of the Upper East NPP Regional Communication team on Sunday, November 7, 2021, they have collectively disassociated themselves from what they described as misguided comments made against the affected individuals and invariably the New Patriotic Party on October 26, 2021. Wilson Dabuo in a statement release on October 29, 2021 and copied to the media and national party office with the title “The Deteriorating Plight of the Upper East NPP Communicator, Consequent to a Profiteering Puppet Communication’s Director“ According to the disowned Wilson Dabuo, “Sanusi the Regional Communication Director is one of the biggest disappointments in the scheme of communicators’ disappointments. Communicators just pretend all is well! Under his leadership, which conveniently formed the basis of his description as a Profiteering Puppet, the consistency and regularity with which the remittances came from the presidency, the Vice President and the National security Minister, began to witness a dwindling effect and to some extent could be described as a drought in perpetuity”. He further claimed that “From an earlier remittance of ghc800, it came down to ghc350, then to ghc300 and then to ghc200. In this trend, however, it will take the members three months or more before the latter could be paid. Sometimes, it becomes clearly impossible to find out the source of the money because of its irregularities. You dare not ask for clarity. When you do, he would tag you with suspicion”. He also added “Overall, a disturbing scenario is the under declaration of the President’s total amount of money by Sanusi Issah (from ghc25,000 to ghc15000) to be remitted to the team every month. What about monies that came monthly from National security? And of course, the office of the Vice President? These are exclusive to the many fulfilled promises by party’s individuals from the Region”. However, after making what the regional members of the communication team described as wild and disdainful allegations regarding the plights and activities of the regional Communication outfit. Members of the Upper East Communication team entreat the general public to treat Dabuo’s allegations with utmost disdain. Read the full press release: A Disclaimer to the Allegations Levelled Against the Communication Team of the NPP By Mr. Wilson Dabuo 7thNovember,2021 It has come to the attention of the communication team of the NPP in the Upper East Region that one Mr. Wilson Dabuo made certain wild and disdainful allegations on the 26th October 2021 on various platforms regarding the plight of the regional communication team members. As a communication outfit of the party, we wish to state unequivocally that the said personality is not known to us as a member cannot be said to be speaking for on our behalf. We therefore wish to collectively disassociate ourselves from such misguided comments he made against the affected individuals and invariably the New Patriotic Party. Again, it is important to state that all the sources of remittance he alleged are a complete fabrication hence, should be disregarded. The communication team is of the believe that such illusive statements as espoused by him were borne out of naivety and lack of clear understanding of the modus operandi of the party structures. We entreat the general public to treat his allegations with utmost disdain. The communication team wish to bring to the attention of the media who are stakeholders and partners in the political discourse to desist from engaging him as a member of the communication team as his views do not represent that of the communication team. Counting on your usual co-operation. Thank you. CC; National Communication Director-NPP The Regional Chairman NPP- Upper East Regional Communication Director-NPP All Media Houses- Upper East Region Name Contact Samuel akonga 0248819377 Johnson Ayine 0244431094 Joseph Singe Mbamaaliya 0245226627 Eddy Murphy 0244459584 Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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E-Levy- a reliable source of income for public growth – Yaw Buaben Asamoa

Minority claiming they won’t approve 2022 budget, is a demonstration of Immaturity—Nana Obiri Boahen

Speaker is a talkative–John Boadu claims

Broni confirmed District Chief Executive with 34 votes endorsement

It will be unreasonable and insensitive on my part to say that all is rosy– NPP National Deputy Secretary

I smelled a rat when i heard they mentioned scrapping of road tolls, i knew something bigger was coming–Asiedu Nketia

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah inspired Ghanaians to expect a good budget, yet Some Ghanaians believe the budget is Serwah…..

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JUST IN: Wilson Dabuo disowned by Upper East NPP Communication team members

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