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Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has described the 2021 budget as an austere budget.

Former Deputy Minister of Power, John Abdulai Jinapor says he will not hesitate to debate against the imposition of new petroleum taxes as proposed in the 2021 budget if brought before Parliament. John Jinapor, also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei -Kusawgu is yet to come to terms with the government rsquo;s decision to introduce a Sanitation and Pollution Levy ( lsquo;borla tax rsquo;) of 10 pesewas on the price per litre of petrol/diesel under the Energy Sector Levies Act (ESLA)

+ The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has urged Parliament to kick against government’s plans to introduce Sanitation and Pollution Levy, which will charge 10 pesewas per litre of petrol/diesel. Executive Secretary of the chamber, Duncan Amoah, the said Ghanaians were already paying too much for petroleum products and should not be overburdened with new fuel taxes. In a media interview on Monday, Mr Amoah said Ghana was losing GHc1.9 billion annually through fuel smuggling because of loopholes in the petroleum value chain and urged the Government to plug those loopholes rather than i...

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has asked Members of Parliament to throw out the new levies on petroleum products.

The Convention People rsquo;s Party(CPP) says the Akufo-Addo government is not the type that gives free lunch.