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Former Deputy Power Minister John Jinapor has called on the government to scrap the Special Petroleum Tax to ease the pressures on users of petroleum products.
The Ministry of Finance on Thursday, February 15, 2018, laid a Special Petroleum Tax (Amendment) Bill before Parliament seeking to reduce the Special Petroleum Tax of 15% to 13% to help reduce petroleum prices in the country.
The tax was introduced the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 2016 to support revenue generation.
Introducing the amendment bill before the House by the Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng; the Minority in Parliament asked the government to completely remove the tax to give relief to Ghanaians as they (NPP) earlier promised during the 2016 electioneering campaign.
Addressing the issue on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' on Friday, the former Minister urged government to heed the call by the Minority.
According to him, the new adjustments in the petroleum sector by the Finance Ministry are nothing but a disguise to suggest the government was reducing the prices of petroleum.
He noted that the adjustments will only create more problems for fuel users in the country because though a 13% percent reduction is not reflective of the prices at the pump.
John Jinapor further told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that despite the amendments made by the government "the current price of fuel is far higher than when the NPP took over at the pump. We can’t debate it. With all that they’ve done, if you go to buy fuel today; the fuel was cheaper during President Mahama’s time than Akufo-Addo’s time”.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Please stop attaching the JJ abrev to this man. You journalist must know who readers connote the abrev. to
John Ford Mahama introduced this nuisance tax.... He made several appointments and even ordered cars for the presidency a few days to leaving office. Why did he not scrap this tax? NDC must s.h.u.t u.p and buy the fuel at the price we were buying it when they were in power.
"John Jinapor further told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that despite the amendments made by the government "the current price of fuel is far higher than when the NPP took over at the pump. We can’t debate it. With all that they’ve done, if you go to buy fuel today; the fuel was cheaper during President Mahama’s time than Akufo-Addo’s time”". Who's playing politics with petrol prices here? jinapor grow out of your petty politics and face reality here. Ghanaians are happy with the margin of reduction, but the sensible ones will appreciate the situations of the time and make adjustments accordingly. Do not for one moment try to be smart and play on our intelligence. In any case, who introduced this killer/insensitive tax? Your government of course.... I know you are striving extremely hard to prevent this reduction because you had sworn on your life that the Akufo-Addo administration can never reduce fuel and electricity prices. So you feel defeated because it has been (is being) done. A selfish individual like you would always wish that this administration does not achieve any of the promises made so that you will latch on it, run around with it during the campaign period and by extension, win elections......Let me promise you: Ghanaians are wiser than that. They are very much aware of the mess you created and the stress this administration is going through to rectify same. Don't ever take us for fo.ools. We are sick and tired of your dirty politics.
Was the tax introduced by NPP or NDC government?
And who told you dumsor is gone? Please, please!!! You deceived all of us thinking you were coming to make life better. Every negative thing you do you justify it just like the previous administration. What has really changed? Give us a break those defending petrol hikes now. You're all the same! Politricians! Spare our ears.
why didn't u scrap it when u were in power for 8 years.
Masa u had 8 eights we lived in dumsor spare us ur rants