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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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Kwaasia kwaasia woy3 ***barred word*** paaa.no be and your ndc introduce this tax.***barred word*** with babyllon faces.
what does this guy think that Ghanaians are dumb or what? why didn't you scrap it when you were in office
You talking about this issue? YOU JJ? Please find someone else to do that on your behalf. You guys are a joke to politics
SMART and very smart guy. JJ. Are you not the same John Junapor who last year pleaded with the Government not to scrap the taxes, if they do we will suffer, Ghanaians are not short minded. By the way, When will the BOST RESERVOIRS AT BUIPE BE PAINTED. iTS AN EYESORE.
JOHN JINAPO WHEN WOULD YOU WANT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IF YOU KNOW NPP CAN REDUCE THE PRICE OF FUEL WHY DIDNT YOU DO IT IN YOUR TIME WHEN GHANAIANS WERE CRYING? NOW THAT YOU DONT GET FREE COUPONS TO COLLECT FREE PETROL YPU ARE CALLING FOR THR SCRAP OF THE 17% OF THE TAX ON FUEL SHAME UNTO NDC AND JOHN JINAPO
Mitcheew Peacefmoniline paaaa aaa.so is this JJ..This is fake JJ.This is waste of time
The NDC folks are doing their best to appeal to Ghanaians to see everything bad about this govt. Unfortunately they aren't making any impact. Can't they think of another strategy than these old tired tactics?
good one there
Please be wise up... We have a lots of people called Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana but moment u heard Kwame Nkrumah u know who the reference is.. JJ as we all know is Rawlings we don't have any JJ in Ghana apart from the former president like him or hate him. Thanks.
We would take it off on 2019 closer to the election time