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 Introduction On Tuesday, I chanced on a webinar on the timeline of the Ministry of Finance's Facebook. I would discover that the star-studded webinar was an Economic RoundTable organized by the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the University of Ghana. This rather publicized event brought together the creme de la creme in economic issues in the country. A few names i made out included, Dr. Ebow Turkson, Dr. Kwaku Sawa, Professor. Williams Baah Boateng,Professor Peter Quartey, among other illustrious economic lumanries. In this piece, i have shared a summary of the key points that key spokespersons, ably moderated by the respected, Bernard Avle, expoused. While the matters they touched on are not new, it appears the event revealed the passion and growing concerns that these distiguished persons have had on Ghana's rather dwindling economic fortunes: The budget is central government oriented it does not reflect the full range fiscal activities in Ghana... Informal sector...

Introduction   This is turning out to be the most ridiculous lie on many fronts.Reading the article, these are the lies i detected: 1. Why will the Finance Minister, who is essentially the president's representative, snub him? Does it look this the President can openly be disregarded, especially on a matter that he has taken personal and special interest in? 2. In any event, was it not explicitly stated in the President's Statement following the release of the KPMG's report that the President had directed that SML returned to conducts its monitoring role in downstream petroleum, as the contract has provided value for the country? 3.In one breadth the writer creates an impression as though the resumption of work directive by the GRA to SML was done in secret but in another, the same article says the GRA had circulated letters to players in respect. 4. It does appear that whoever wrote this article has neither read the entire KPMG report nor understand it.Being seven diff...

Planning a weekend can be a duanting task. For alot of us the weekend run into us , as we have no plan to properly enjoy all the bliss that a great weekend should provide. On this note, i share five weekend ideas to make your weekend a blissful one. 1. Check up on old friends. Bring back all the nostalgic feelings of your youngself by making time to speak to old friends and family members that you have not heard from in a while. Checking up on all friends can present an opportunity to reminisce and smile through some past memories. The caution is that you need to be selective on this, speaking to people who will not bring you depression. 2. Cultivate new habits: Cultivating new hobbies and positive habits could have a positive impact on your mind. It could help you make the right choices and elevate your life than ever before. Pick that book; Take the music lesson, Go for rehearsals and enter that studio, you may be the next big thing to hit a celebrity status. 3. Control: Control is k...

  It appears the sustained efforts to stifle the operations of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited, will not end soon. It would be recalled that following the recommendations from the KPMG report on the GRA-SML contract, the President directed that SML be made to continue its operations in the downstream petroleum sector, as its much-needed services has led to an incremental revenue in Ghana’s downstream petroleum sector. In keeping with the President’s directive, Ghana Revenue Authority in a letter, directed SML to resume its downstream revenue monitoring and assurance operations, effective June 14, 2024. The June 12, 2024, letter from the GRA to the Bulk Oil Distributors partly reads: “We wish to inform you that Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) has been directed to resume its monitoring operations of the Downstream Petroleum sector with effect from 14th June 2024 in accordance with the Presidential Directives on the KPMG report.’’ However, just when SML resumed ope...

  Titled ''A 24-hour cash out: freelancers' ultimate manual,'' the book provides a complete guide to freelancers who want to develop their passion into a fully-fledged business. Done well, freelancing hold the capacity to take a lot of people from the scourge of unemployment and underemployment. The emotional trauma and depression associated with unemployment and any form of disengagement from productive and profitable ventures can be tortuous, and freelancing best serve to remove and reduce these tendencies. The idea of exchanging one’s skill, reputation and talent for money or any other material resources hold a great potential to reduce the burden and pressure on various governments to provide non-existing jobs for the teeming youth.   This book provides prescriptive solutions to some of the challenges that regularly confront freelancers, equipping them with the tools and frameworks on how to develop a compelling business proposal, develop a marketing plan,...

  I am the last person you should ordinarily listen to when it comes to football. While I do enjoy the game and the tinge of excitement that comes with the national team playing, I do not have any mastery or deeper understanding of the technical or tactical aspects of the game. Therefore, you can treat this piece as one borne out of observation than experience or expertise. Like many other Ghanaians who share an opinion on our team, despite not having any technical knowledge, I also think all is not adding up technically and tactically for our team. In this piece, i share some of my observations, as a lay man who feels obliged to be heard in the capacity as a citizen and someone who is vicariously attached to the fortunes of the Black Stars.   Defensive Approach not helping   In both matches, I have seen a tendency for our technical team, led by Christ Hughton, to heap our defence mechanism anytime we are privileged to hit the back of the net. By this approach, ...