This comes after Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised to eliminate, among other things, the electronic transactions charge, the emissions tax, the projected 15% Value Added Tax on power, and other levies imposed by the current administration.
According to Dr. Forson, if Dr. Bawumia is open about his intentions when the private member’s bill is submitted in Parliament, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs would support it.
He contended that the majority’s stance on the issue would reveal whether or not the NPP flagbearer was honest.
This comes after Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised to eliminate, among other things, the electronic transactions charge, the emissions tax, the projected 15% Value Added Tax on power, and other levies imposed by the current administration.
According to Dr. Forson, if Dr. Bawumia is open about his intentions when the private member’s bill is submitted in Parliament, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs would support it.
He contended that the majority’s stance on the issue would reveal whether or not the NPP flagbearer was honest.
“All the taxes that we have opposed, we will make an attempt to get the government to remove them.
“In fact, now that the Vice President himself has come to confirm to us that they don’t want the taxes, we have already said on the floor, he is only copying what the NDC is saying.
“I have said on the floor and the hansard will bear me out that the next NDC government will remove this [taxes]. I have said this. I am the first person,” he said
When questioned why he would not wait for the next NDC to eliminate these taxes, the Minority Leader said, “Why should we wait? Ghanaians are suffering.
“The only reason why this tax is still effective and your good self and my good self and the ordinary Ghanaian is paying this tax is that the NDC is not in office.”
He emphasised that the NDC was more concerned with the welfare of the people than the ruling party, and that in their first few months in government, they would eliminate all taxes that had overburdened the population.
“In fact, if the NDC is in office and if Ghanaians vote for us, by December, our first budget before Easter, we will remove all these taxes. But now we are not in office. This is a government that is in office; they have said that they will remove it in 2025. To show good faith to the people of Ghana, we urge them to come and remove it.”
“We have to compel them and that is what it is. We have to compel them to remove these taxes because it is not easy,” he added.
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