The Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) Secretariat and Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) are to commence discussions with the Ministry of Finance to relax its directives to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to create single treasury accounts.

Investigations into the collection of property taxes in the Accra Metropolis and the Awutu-Senya East Municipality show that officials in the districts are struggling to keep track of and tax properties.

A group of five anti-corruption and transparency institutions has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to "expeditiously and transparently" tackle three major corruption scandals that have surfaced since the middle of May 2017.

The Board of the Ghana Netherlands Business & Culture Council (GNBCC) last week paid a courtesy visit to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

Dentsu Aegis Network, an adverting agency, has launched a media data planner dubbed Consumer Connection System (CCS) to help business people in the public and the private sector to know consumer behaviours in building their brands.

Ghana operates two thousand, nine hundred (2,900) petroleum filing stations and six hundred Liquefied Petroleum Product (LPG) dispensing centres across the country, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has said.

CORRUPTION has been a buzzword for years. Political correctness demands some general noise about corruption. Politicians are more interested in "one type of corruption", not the other, the one that affects them.

To avert accidents and fire outbreaks in the petroleum downstream sector and ensure safety, the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) launched a week-long campaign to ensure sanity in the sector.

A group of Ghanaian Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in the private sector, at a summit attended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called for transparency in the dealings of government to ensure a performance-driven economy.

The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Real Estates Developers Association (GREDA), Mr. Samuel Amegayibor, has projected that the total housing shortage in the country will hit 5.7 million by the year 2020.

Authorities at the health insurance provider, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), have given the indication to pay the two-month arrears of service providers, but the Authority appears to be in more financial trouble as it is currently beset with the shortage of materials for the registration of subscribers across the country.

As part of government's efforts to reduce unemployment among the youth, the One District-One Factory (1D1F) initiative is expected to facilitate the creation of some 3.2 million jobs nationwide by the end of 2020.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has emphasized the need to put a high premium on stability of prices and foreign exchange rates as well as recapitalize the various banks in the country.

The utilisation of mineral revenues received by the Ellembelle District Assembly of the Western Region has raised concerns among traditional leaders and citizens of the area.

By Cecil Mensah The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the petroleum downstream regulator, is seeking draconian laws to deal with the smuggling of petroleum products into the country. In line with the NPA's decision, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, Energy Minister has suggested that trucks found to have indulged in smuggling of fuel should be confiscated to the

MTN Ghana, in partnership with aYo and the Metropolitan Life Insurance, has introduced "MTN aYo Send with Care" service.

The Omanhen of Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, has warned that the fight against illegal mining will only be successful when there is honesty and no corruption in the country.

General Secretary of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Mr. Abraham Koomson has hinted that more workers in the textiles industry are expected to be laid-off as a result of the non-performance of the sector.

Spending more than what was generated and borrowing to finance various expenditures have led to the challenges the economy is faced with says Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will today announce its decision on the policy rate and further review of the economy.