Former Vice-President and 2024 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Celebration (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has strongly criticised the federal government for the just lately handed Power Sector (Modification) Invoice, 2025.
The invoice, which was accredited by Parliament on Tuesday, third June, imposes a GH¢1 levy on each litre of petroleum merchandise as a part of efforts to rescue the nation’s closely indebted vitality sector.
Presenting the invoice in Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson said that the federal government expects to boost GH¢5.7 billion to assist cut back the energy sector’s mounting debt, at the moment estimated at $3.1 billion. The goal, he defined, is to stop intermittent energy outages, generally referred to in Ghana as dumsor.
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Nonetheless, reacting to the event throughout his ‘Thank You Tour’ in Cape Coast, Central Area, Dr Bawumia accused the NDC administration of deceiving Ghanaians into voting them into energy.
In accordance with him, the present levy, which he described because the dumsor levy, is eight occasions worse than the Digital Switch Levy (E-Levy), launched beneath the earlier NPP administration.
Dr Bawumia said:
The NDC informed so many lies, and on daily basis we’re seeing them uncovered. Yesterday, they introduced the dumsor levy after criticising our authorities for introducing the E-Levy. However this new levy is eight occasions increased than the E-Levy. In case you purchase GH¢1,000 value of petrol, you’ll pay GH¢83 in levies, whereas the E-Levy solely charged GH¢10.
He added that Ghanaians would ultimately flip to the NPP to rescue the nation within the 2028 normal elections:
By 2028, Ghanaians will realise they have been misled by quite a few falsehoods and can return us to energy to rescue the nation.
In the meantime, President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that the newly handed levy will not result in immediate increases in fuel prices on the pump.
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He famous that the potential influence has been cushioned by the current strengthening of the Ghanaian cedi and normal macroeconomic stability.
He gave this assurance on Wednesday, 4th June, whereas addressing members of the Nationwide Financial Dialogue Planning Committee at Jubilee Home following the presentation of their closing report.
Former Deputy Finance Minister, Hon. Stephen Amoah, has stated he has no points with the Power Sector Modification Invoice handed by Parliament yesterday, contemplating the character of the financial system the nation is at the moment working.
Nonetheless, he has known as on members of the present… pic.twitter.com/kIEXQxJ1S2— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) June 4, 2025
