Category: Top Stories
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NCA to consider extension of SIM card re-registration deadline
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has disclosed of plans to extend the March 31 deadline for the SIM card re-registration exercise if need be. This comes after several calls by Ghanaians for the NCA to change the date in order to ease tensions at the various re-registration centres. Director of Consumer and Corporate Affairs at…
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Akufo-Addo directs GRA to defer reversal of benchmark value discounts
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to suspend the planned implementation of the reversal of the benchmark value discounts introduced to cushion Ghanaians against price hikes. At a meeting with officials of the GRA and other stakeholders, the President gave a deadline of January 17 for all consultations…
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Benchmark value discounts reversal: 10-day deferment period not enough – Importers & exporters
The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has rejected the 10-day period for the deferment of the implementation of the reversal of the benchmark value discounts. The association explains that the 10-day period is not enough for their members to clear their goods that arrived in the country’s port ahead of the initial implementation date…
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Implementation of revised benchmark values policy deferred again to Jan. 17
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has for the second time deferred the implementation of the reversal of reduction of values of imports (known as Benchmark Values) on selected items, to Monday 17, January 2022. The authority explains that the transitional arrangements are to ensure a smooth implementation. It is also to allow a storage free…
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Vehicle importers urge government to prioritize scrapping nuisance taxes affecting them
The Automobile Dealers Union of Ghana, Importers of vehicles into the country say a recent engagement between the Finance Ministry and stakeholders within the trading space on the issues surrounding the reversal of the reduction in benchmark values policy, will not amount to much. The said meeting which was held on Thursday, January 6, 2022,…
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MTN justifies decision to increase fibre broadband and turbonet bundle prices
MTN Ghana has justified the 50 percent increase in fibre broadband and turbonet bundle prices. The network company from January 4, introduced new rates of Fibre broadband and Turbonet bundle prices, increasing by almost 50% with 90 days validity. Customers of MTN Ghana and Ghanaians in general have since Tuesday complained about the astronomical increase…
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Update on SIM re-registration software will speed up process – Telcos Chamber
Several branches of telecommunication companies across the country continue to record long queues and crowds as customers rush to re-register their SIM cards. This is because the government has set March 31, 2022 as the deadline for the re-registration. Information from the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunication suggests that software developed by KelniGVG, the operator in…
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Public sector workers to receive 2022 first salary on January 21
Workers on government payroll will have their January 2022 salaries paid on the 21st day of the month. This is according to a memo from the Controller and Accountants General’s Department announcing dates for the payment of salaries of civil servants. Salaries for the months of February, March, April, May and June will be paid…
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Striking cocoa carriers reject proposed 82 pesewas-per-bag wage
Cocoa carriers in the Ashanti Region say they will resist any amount less than GH¢1 as wage per bag load for the cocoa beans they carry. The Cocoa Marketing Company Limited, in a letter sighted by Citi News, has agreed to pay the carriers 82 pesewas per bag of cocoa beans they carry instead of…
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Deadline for Ghana Card, SSNIT numbers merger extended to June 30
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), has extended the deadline for members of the Scheme to merge their SSNIT and Ghana Card numbers to June 30, 2022. The initial deadline was December 31, 2021. From July 1, 2022, SSNIT says the Ghana Card will be the only identification number it recognises. “This is…