The Minority in Parliament have asked government to provide definite answers on when the tax reliefs announced in the 2017 budget statement would take effect.
Seconding the motion for the adjournment of Parliament after the presentation of the budget on Thursday, the Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu said the Finance Minister knowing he was in the house of records portrayed that the reliefs announced has been abolished and would take immediate effect when indeed that was not the case.
“I want to assure him that he has not reduced anything yet, it is subject to legislative reforms in this house and we will do what is legally right because this is a country governed by laws,” the Minority Leader said.
He said the Minister of Finance knowing he was in the house of records used words like “we have reduced the petroleum taxes, we have reduced the budget deficit, when it would have been “honourable if the Minister had said, in this budget we have pledged to reduce, [not definite]…”
“Mr Speaker, we may take this for granted but that 'kayayei' person wanting to enjoy the tax relief and the spare parts dealer at Abossey Okai, may ask for it in the next possible one hour but Mr Speaker the best assessment of a budget is its out turn, and we will monitor the out turns and the performance of the budget,” he said.
Mr Iddrisu reminded the Minister of Finance that, when he was concluding, “even though he began with a motion that this honourable house approve the financial policy of the government of Ghana for the year ending 31st December 2017 , he concluded with I beg to move the ‘Asempa Budget’ not the ‘Ma trick wo Budget.’
Source: Daily Graphic
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this haruna is just a talking mooonkey. he is an iddddddiot. he was in mills mahama cabinet for 8 years and ghana had been destroyed by him. if he knows any good thing about the economy, how come the NDC run down Ghana's economy. Peacefm should stop publicizing the fooooooolish speeches of these NDC talkatives from the north. they do not know anything but to take free things. kwassshhhhhia!
The budget has been read so if u fear to see it happening then oya move from Ghana cos things are going to work smoothly as to when it will have effect is none of ur problem cos it is an immediate thing that is going to happen. Sit and analyze things carefully and stop saying is 419 budget cos i wonder how u guys knew it was 419 even when it was not read yet. Ghanaianas are too wise for cheap politics now. we trust nana to deliver
NDC onaaapo. Nana Akufo Addo aba. Ode asempa na aba. Onaapo!
NDC bye bye you will be there for a very long time until you know what the peoples of ghana what from a rolling govna shemmmmmm
Woye tooooo much.
A shi mmo oooooo OnaaaaaaaPO Asempa bia mati, Oye, Oye!!! Awuradi Kasa!!!
Instead of these NDC guys to sit down and analyze the budget by consulting financial Experts before they come out they are just jumping from one side to the other by making unnecessary NOISE. We will watch you (NDC)guys on the floor of Parliament and see the kind of contributions you guys will make.
Haruna! No, no, no, no, you know how budget statements work! You are just talking for talking sake. Take it or leave it, some taxes are reduced! You don't even have the numbers to block anything. Zip your adum adum-dum begyae mouth.