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Investors flock Aviation Ministry over new national airline Ghana want to establish a new national airline The Aviation Ministry has received a number of proposals from investors seeking to partner government in the establishment of a new national airline.  The sector ministry, which is seeking to establish a national airline under a public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement in order to realize the vision of making Ghana an aviation hub in the sub-region, is compiling the list of proposals for perusal by government’s Economic Management Team.  Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, told the B&FT that: “We are now compiling the list. We want to establish a new national airline to restore the pride of Ghana in the skies and to provide jobs for our teaming youth. I would like to have more young people working in the industry and with the new national airline.”  Answering a question as to the ownership structure, Ms. Dapaah said: “The Economic Management...

Azumah Nelson honoured, bears Ghana’s 60th anniversary torch The boxing legend with the anniversary torch Boxing great, Azumah Nelson on the occasion of Ghana’s 60th anniversary became the first person to bear a relay torch that will travel nationwide for the next year.  Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after lighting the perpetual flame also lit the relay torch before handing it over to the world boxing Hall of famer to set the torch on its journey across Ghana.  With the torch, Azumah raced from the square to the Accra Sports Stadium where he handed it over to the Greater Accra Regional Minister and the Traditional Council.  According to organizers of the anniversary celebrations, the ‘Ghana 60 Years On’ relay torch will go to all regional capitals throughout the year.  “The lighting of the torch signifies the beginning of a year-long activities to mark Ghana’s 60th anniversary. “The torch will travel across the length and breadth of Ghana an...

Ofori-Atta justifies tax cuts Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has justified the removal of and reductions in some taxes on goods and services in the country. During last week’s budget presentation, the Nana Akufo-Addo government abolished some taxes on a wide range of items in the country notably imported second-hand spare parts. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has argued that the move is a populist gesture which cannot be sustained. Speaking to Class News, Mr Ofori-Atta disagreed, explaining: “The issue was a deep belief that if you liberate people and the state is not coercive they would be able to be more productive and they will do more.” According to him government was “very committed to a private sector-driven agenda but also clear on what we call the preferential option for the poor so that in anything we do as the private sector becomes locomotive, the poor are not taken out”, adding: “That is why the taxe...

Was Pratt on hard drugs when he criticized Ofori-Attah’s christianized budget? Kwesi Pratt By: Kwarteng, Francis   Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Attah presented the 2017 national budget statement to the nation recently.  But this much-anticipated presentation was not without its controversy.  Part of the controversy stemmed from the fact he punctuated the presentation with marked references to Jesus Christ.  This did not however please political critics and journalists like Kwesi Pratt, who took to the media to register his objection in no uncertain terms.  But, did Mr. Ofori-Attah reserve the right to make Jesus Christ part of his presentation given that parliament is a secular body, given that the national constitution is a secular—and not a religious—text, given that Ghana is a secular state, and given that Ghanaians who are the beneficiaries of the budget statement belong to various religious faiths?  Certainly many non-Christians will not have ta...

NDC built only 46 Community Day SHS - Opoku Prempeh File phot Only forty-six out of the 200 planned Community Day Senior High Schools project initiated by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has been completed, the Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has said. In a radio interview on Asempa FM Tuesday afternoon, the new sector Minister said even with the 46 completed ones, not all of them are in use. The NDC government had on a number of occasions announced that more than 123 of the schools were at various stages of completion and released a list of the said schools in October 2016 following clamours for evidence of progress on the schools. Former President Mahama in the NDC Manifesto for Election 2012 promised to build 200 of the day schools between 2013 and 2016 with the intention to build at least 50 each year within the four-year period. But with a few months to Election 2016, the NDC admitted it was not going to be able to achieve that feat. M...

0:00 / 1:08   Share Media NATION NOW Stephen Hawking: Technological advances 'may destroy us all' Facebook Twitter Email Mary Bowerman  |  USA TODAY Network Physicist Stephen Hawking is again raising the alarm that humankind needs to shape up if it hopes to survive. In an interview with  The Times ,  Hawking reiterated that humankind faces a slew of threats ranging from climate change to mass species extinction. He noted that technological advances have helped humans achieve seemingly insurmountable feats, but may also lead to our demise. British scientist Stephen Hawking. Niklas Halle'n, AFP/Getty Images “Since civilization began, aggression has been useful inasmuch as it has definite survival advantages,” he told  The Times.  “It is hard-wired into our genes by Darwinian evolution. Now, however, technology has advanced at such a pac...

EU allocates €43m to support Ghana’s youth employment programme Source:  Ghana | Joy Business | Ebenezer Sabutey Date:  07-03-2017  Time:  09:03:48:pm EU Ambassador to Ghana, William Hanna Ghana will be able to access €43 million to support its youth employment programme expected to halve the nation's unemployment rate beginning next year, the European Union (EU) has said. EU Ambassador to Ghana, William Hanna who made the announcement said it is to help the country wean itself off foreign aid as declared by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last week. The EU Chief Diplomat in Ghana told Joy Business Tuesday that he is optimistic the initiative would help Ghana stem the tide of growing unemployment of its vibrant youth. The President has said he is committed to ensuring that Ghana does not continue to depend on foreign aids to run its economy and address difficulties in the country. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo He f...