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The newly imposed taxes announced in the 2021 budget are already set to weigh effect on the people of Ghana from May 1, 2021. The people of Ghana are already saddled with the heightening cost of construction materials, food, electricity bills, water bills, cost of domestic house rents among many other basics. As always, it is the people who have and continued to suffer most, the group said in a statement.
Government tax Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, has said the government will review existing road tolls and align them with current market rates to ensure improvement on the roads. That, he said, would form part of the framework for promoting burden-sharing as the government sought to transform the road and infrastructure sector in a post-COVID-19 era.
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MP for Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency has debunked claims by government that recent economic hardships are a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to John Jinapor the problem is a result of mismanagement of state funds, as well as incessant borrowing by the current administration.
“There’s been an attempt to blame the current hardships that we find ourselves on Covid but the issue of Covid is neither here nor there,” he said on the floor.
He made these comments during Parliament’s debate of 2021 budget review on Tuesday.
It also follows the reading of the 2021 budget statement presented before Parliament by Caretaker Finance Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu.
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Following the fuel price adjustments announced in this year’s budget, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has put forward a plan to engage the government on price increases in transport fares.
The leadership of the union has consequently arranged a meeting with the Minister of Transport to deliberate on the announced fuel adjustments and to make a case for a corresponding increase in transport fares.
The General Secretary of the GPRTU, Mr Godfred Abulbire Adogma, disclosed this in an interview with the Daily Graphic. He said an upward adjustment in fuel prices would take a heavy toll on the operations of members of the union and its decision to have discussions with the government.