Parliament passes GH¢1 fuel levy despite Minority boycott

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  • Johnny 6 months ago

    Why not a percentage on a litre but a specific amount it is quite high.NDC you see that talk is cheap just 5mths
    in power and you're imposing a burdensome Tax.

  • JD 6 months ago

    Useless ndc party. A party founded by murderers and a bunch of envious foreigners who killed almost every successful Akan and rather promoted Ewes. We will soon take our country back and do proper formatting.

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 6 months ago

    MAY GOD FORGIVE NDC AND THEIR SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR COLLECTIVE CRIMES AGAINST GHANA.

  • prophet mohammed was a sick dog 6 months ago

    Qur'an. is. toilet paper.

  • GoodLaw 6 months ago

    My concern really is that, there is no plan has been put out as to how the this Energy Sector Fee (Amendment) Bill would be treated when the threshold of the 3.7 billion debt and associated cost, in addition to the 2.1 billio ...
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  • Burkina 6 months ago

    Wawww if l buy 100 litres fuel l will pay 100ghc extra.
    Never trust politicians

  • Yaw 6 months ago

    NDC is a scam and a disgrace to Ghana and Africa as a whole. Greedy bustards in power.

  • Apraku 6 months ago

    Most probably Akufo did something wrong somewhere. How could he keep the lights on throuhout all these times without imposing fuel levy. They complained about E-Levy , they complained about betting tax, but they are now impos ...
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  • Abigi 6 months ago

    @ Yaw and other retards. Those who claim that they do not understand why the fuel situation has come to this are psthologically dishonest people or they are simply playing politics with the issue. If the criminal, reckless a ...
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  • Jet 6 months ago

    Good way to tax the rich and leave the poor alone. Owning a car is a luxury. No need to tax the poor. U buy fuel, u have a car or heavy machine. Meaning u are not poor.
    Very smart.

  • James 6 months ago

    @Jet Nothing smart about this. The trotro and taxis would pass the tax on to the poor. Market women who use these vehicles would also increase their price on goods and services. Eventually, it is the poor Ghanaian who would ...
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  • Nana Abrokwah SA 6 months ago

    Hey my brother keep quiet, the transport fare has been reduced of 15% so there is no bedding on the trotro users.
    Even during NPP administration you were paying, E-Levy, betting tax, COVID-19 pandemic tax, but you didn't tal ...
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  • Jayhovah 6 months ago

    You're a stupid aminal. You asinine imbeciles are despicable garbages. You're too stupid to see the big picture. I'll rather pay 1 cedis than lose electricity for days you stupid fool

  • Shameless NDC 6 months ago

    @ Jayhovah wo adwene wo fom too much. You obviously need free shs. Your stupid government is asking you to pay Ghc 1 on a litre of fuel which is Ghc 12 and you are glorifying this madness. It means you are paying over 8 cedis ...
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  • Saeed osman 6 months ago

    Apart from being a criminal organization, members of the NPP are not intelligent at all. They don't know that NDC has three times their number so any boycott has no effect on the workings of parliament?

  • Abn 6 months ago

    It seems you are rather not intelligent. Members of your NDC party are more criminal than those in NPP. They lie very much and they are scam. At least NPP members of parliament have made Ghanaians to know their opposition to ...
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  • Observer 6 months ago

    You should be arrested for treating this matter with tribal divisiveness. You are a threat to peace and stability and a shameful, self centered individual.

  • Hanyevi 6 months ago

    Stupid talk.

  • WHY SHOULD WE PAY FOR THE RECKLESS MISMANAGEMENT AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS UNDER THE AKUFFO ADDO REFIME WHEN THEY CAN SIMPLY BE PROSECUTED TO RETRIEVE THOSE STOLEN MONIES??? 6 months ago

    IT IS AN INJUSTICE TO IMPOSE 1 CEDI PER LITTER ON PETROL TO PAY OFF MONIES STOLEN BY AKUFFO ADDO AND HIS CRIMINAL SUPER I COMPETENT GOVERNMENT. OMG THIS IS A STUPID TAX. DRIVERS SHOUKD NEVER REDUCE THEIR FARES - THEY MUST RA ...
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  • Simeon London 6 months ago

    Are you on RED? Every reasonable Ghanaian know that the cedi will depreciate again and that would mean a rise in petrol prices. This is usually passed on to the poor passenger.
    Which sensible government put 1gh levy on a lit ...
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  • Good man 6 months ago

    Don't bring npp to topic if want check which party has costs more debt since 1957 is your Father party we're waiting for you

  • Boateng 6 months ago

    We will pay even if the levy is 5 cedis.The taxes NDC is collecting is going into judicious use.All Ghanaians are benefiting from it instead of in the past when a only NPP criminals were plundering and looting everything.God ...
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  • Abrewatia 6 months ago

    thank you

    NPP stole and used the saving Mahama did in ESLA as collateral for loans.
    Why didnt Nana Addo clear the energy debt?
    The first Mahama government almost paid all the energy debt, but unintelligent Ofori Attah us ...
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  • SILAS 6 months ago

    Silly mongoose like you! Who created the energy debt in the first place? Not ndc? Who left big IPP debts because of shambolic agreements

  • Mr Bob 6 months ago

    Animal’s NPPIGS, what is ¢1???. Your useless dwarf imposed $150 dollars COVID test on innocent Ghanaian when it was supposed to be $14 dollars, yet you lot kept quiet. Aboooa bi ba!

  • Abrewatia 6 months ago

    Who caused the energy devote debt?
    Mahatma cleared it with ESLA but Ofori Attah used it to buy bonds so that he can profit.

    We soon forget that so much loans and bonds brought Ghana to its knees.

    Who should pay for the ...
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  • Akan Prophecies 6 months ago

    ABOLISHING E-LEVY TO IMPOSE PETROLEUM -LEVY IS A SWING OF THÉ WEAK !

  • KKwadaso 6 months ago

    This is classical robbing Peter to pay Paul.This folks are just scammers who were so predictable that they were gonna crap some taxes and introduce some under the cover of the dark.Hypocritical and and bunch of liars running ...
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  • FAA 6 months ago

    This is not my problem. My problem is that why should Bawumia said that Ghana card is better than thousand interchanges and now Accra is flooding anytime there is small rainfall. This is to tell you that all the so called pol ...
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  • Nana 6 months ago

    Very soon this govt will impose a Tax on Keta School Boys. Nobody shd tell us the tribe that will lose bcoz it will affect the quantity that they will use for their soup.

  • Dey 6 months ago

    You see how well you've exposed your ignorance!

  • Deadgoat mahama 6 months ago

    You see how unwise and idiotic you are. The useless ndc government has been caught in its deception and what has Bawumia s Ghana card comment got to do with this??? Imbeciles like you are the problem of this country. Ofui

  • Kofi 6 months ago

    If this will actually resolve the power crisis,so be it.

  • AA 6 months ago

    Ghc1/ltr fuel levy is outrageous. NDC, quickly go back and refix that bill else we will withdraw our votes come 2028. A word to a wise is enough. NDC may soon see a big Suprise.

  • Kotibrim 6 months ago

    Glad you only have a single vote. WITHDRAW, WITHDRAW!!! HAHAHA HAHAHA So insignificant it's negligible, HAHAHA

  • Nii Bi 6 months ago

    I'm not responding to his comment but he doesn't have a single vote like you assume, he has the power to convince and attract. Right now you're laughing at him but you'll be the same people disturbing others in their homes to ...
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  • Social media 6 months ago

    Great response to comment

  • Taata 6 months ago

    You and who will withdraw your vote?Get to hell!,you idiot.All money NDC is collecting will be used, judiciously.The most corrupt system from Cairo to Cape Town,is the NPP.May God never let them have power ever again.

  • Kwaku Tee 6 months ago

    An opposition party don't have to lampoon every action of a ruling govt as a Criminal act which is against the masses.Every nation relies on taxes to develop and NDC is imposing more taxes just in 5mths against what they prea ...
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  • re: 6 months ago

    Since when did you realize this?

  • Kobea Augustine 6 months ago

    You see how the majority leader describe the tax just one cedi. One cedi tax on a litre of fuel you call it just. When it is coming is doing

  • Samurai 6 months ago

    Chinese tricks paaa.

  • Obi 6 months ago

    NDC is saying that the load is too much on your head so they are removing it for you to rest but they quickly doubled it and placed it on your back..

  • THE TRUTH 6 months ago

    The strength of NDC is propaganda and Lies which they use effectively to win power. Research has shown that anytime NDC is in power Standard of Living of the poor drops and this will continue.

  • Won’t mind paying if it’s for a good course 6 months ago

    I don’t mind paying money to this government at all because I know it’s for a good reason. At least so far they seem to want to do what’s best for our nation

  • re: 6 months ago

    Best? Name it.

  • Open ur eyes 6 months ago

    dollar stable, reduced ministers,arrears being cleared , all coaches arrears cleared so far. Invested confidence at its all time high, etc even blackstars back to winning ways

  • Swiss Borga 6 months ago

    Tell him the cedis has appreciated, and the price of rice, fuel, cooking oil, etc., has been reduced. Now I've got extra cash to pay for the 1Gh for your pocket levy. For the first time, I am not agitated against a government ...
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  • .mr amin 6 months ago

    The debt balloon when the cedi depreciate so pls let the cedi appreciate that could clear half of the debt

  • Og 6 months ago

    When the cedi started to appreciate, we had demons speaking against it,. All of a sudden many people became economic experts, issuing threats on the cedis rise. Wow! The most shocking experience ever!

  • Odjame 6 months ago

    Very smart way of solving a challenge .

  • Nana TRUMU TRUMU Addo 6 months ago

    NPP IDIOTS. THE LOOTING PARTY.WHAT DID THEY DO WITH COVID TAX, E/ LEVY TAX, PDS ETC. IF THIS 1 CEDI LEVY WILL DO AWAY WITH DUMSOR, I AM SO HAPPY TO PAY

  • Go 6 months ago

    Ahh everybody should go and sleep ahhh what is one cedi masa you should even make it 10 cedis

  • Asonaba asiedu 6 months ago

    Sensible decision by the government. I'm sure the whole country will support this initiative if it's going to put dumsor to bed.
    The minority didn't support it not because of the reason they're giving but because they're unp ...
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  • re: 6 months ago

    NDC will support it but no NPP . Count NPP out

  • Mccarthy 6 months ago

    Foolish NPP. You created this mess and you are saying what? The 1Ghs per litre will help solve what you shamelessly Ghanaians, the huge ENERGY DEBT. We shall pay.

  • re: 6 months ago

    NDC did not create a mess?

  • Yaw 6 months ago

    If the appreciation of the cedi will absolve the the increase why the levy

  • KD 6 months ago

    In my opinion 1 cedi per litre is too much. The ordinary Ghanaian didn't cause this so why put too much load on us. 1% of any amount will be ok.

  • Sheriff 6 months ago

    Npp will remain in opposition forever. 1 cedi on a gallon of fuel not a litre this propaganda will not work. Rather focus your energy in building your dead party.

  • re: 6 months ago

    old saying. Wait till 2028. You said the same thing for NDC while in opposition.

  • Kweku 6 months ago

    Do Ghanaian politicians buy fuel in Ghana and or they are given free fuel coupons? This fuel levy is even higher than the E- Levy. If you buy 30 litres of fuel, you will pay GhC 30 fuel levy and if you buy 50 litres of fuel, ...
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  • Samurai 6 months ago

    That is the big picture some people are not paying attention to. This is outrageous!! Let's wait for the complaints and demonstrations when it begins to bite.

  • Baafour 6 months ago

    Now I know why some it said Ghanaians have low IQ, this tax is different from E LEVY. So for eight years of npp no DUMSOR no tax. We in DUMSOR and yet, been taxed. Yooo no problem. When things get out of hand. Don't say I di ...
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  • Kwaku Tilapia 6 months ago

    You called it Dumsiesie. I'm surprised the problem still persists after this Dumsiesie campaign. That government just piled up debts and was violently booted out never to return.

  • AJ 6 months ago

    We ve not see anything jet We wish for it and we are having it.

  • Yaw 6 months ago

    Indirectly the E-Levy is back , we told you so the NDC has nothing good to offer Ghanaians same old tactics nothing new all the noise they made in opposition against the NPP government what has changed so far. Instead higher ...
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  • Ghana man 6 months ago

    Those who have sense will not talk against it because the power will be on for your business and and have more money than no electricity.. this is very good idea only if it will work like that.what is the problem.

  • Shamo 6 months ago

    This useless government will also increase value added tax VAT very soon .Nana Akuffo Addo God bless you .

  • Nii 6 months ago

    Fuel Levy is more than E-Levy

    E-Levy GHC 100 = GHC 1

    Fuel Levy( 1 Litre ) GHC 13 = GHC 1

    Hmmmmm

  • Las 6 months ago

    Ghana is finished. Mahama, you know about this energy sector debt and yet you spend over 390 millions cedis on sanitary pads. You also discontinued Opuni, ato forson and saglemi cases in court. A government of no direction.

  • Samus 6 months ago

    Las,because the sanitaty pads are being supplied by ndc members

  • D.M 6 months ago

    This tax really doesn't make sense. 2028 is just around the corner.

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  • John Nkrumah 6 months ago

    So upon all the resources that Ghana has still impose 1 cedi on fuel,I miss Ibrahim Traore.Ghana why?

  • Nash 6 months ago

    And this money will end up in dollars and finds its way in their car boots. They scrap one tax and introduce two more taxes. Ghana politicians for you. God is in heaven watching. They won't create jobs for the masses but they ...
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  • Kofi uk 6 months ago

    We will gladly pay the ghs1 because fuel prices have gone down and it will still go down, parliament doesn’t need this micro minority for any thing

  • Fredopapa 6 months ago

    It has replaced e-levy and sporting bet,and we shouldn't forget toll is about to start, her ego bee for Ghana very soon.

  • GoodLaw 6 months ago

    My concern really is that there is no plan as to how the tax would be treated when the threshold of the 3.7 billion debt and associated cost, in addition to the 2.1 billion required for 2025 fuel purchase are reached. Will th ...
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  • Sense 6 months ago

    The ESLA supposed to solve this problem but the useless NPP government squandered it and send the money out of the country to enrich themselves and their families, NPP is abomination to Ghanaians

  • Sheriff 6 months ago

    1 cedi on a gallon of fuel not a litre Npp give us a break with your propaganda

  • Kwame 6 months ago

    Ignoramus, 1 liter is not 1 gallon.....

  • A Ghanaian. 6 months ago

    ABAN PAPA NO ABA. GOOD GOVERNMENT IN POWER. THEY ELIMINATED E-LEVY AND GAMING. IF A TAXI DRIVER BUYS 20 LITRES A DAY MAHAMA GETS COOL GHC 20. MEAN WHILE ELECTRICITY HAS RECEIVED 14% TAX. LONG LIVE NDC LONG LIVE MAHAMA

  • Pap 6 months ago

    Who is criminal?

    NPP (Gh120 Momo transfer) = Gh1 tax to govt

    NDC (Gh120 litters of fuel) = Gh12 tax to govt

    Never Trust Politicians (NTP)

  • Koti 6 months ago

    This means when I buy 20 litres of fuel, I'll instantly be taxed GHC 20. I know the energy sector knows the average quantity of fuel used in Ghana per year. Therefore, if they are going to use that levy to pay that $4.9bn deb ...
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    In France 60% of the price of a litre of petrol are levies and taxes. Meanwhile, the illegitimate circumcised descendant of Hitler, with his zionist criminal and racis government, has a new way (that even Hitler did imagine) ...
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  • Kofi Bediako 6 months ago

    ALL GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES GET FREE FUEL
    Ministers of State, Municipal Chief Executives, Members of Parliament, Directors of Corporations, Members of Council of State and all other Government appointees DON'T BUY FUEL. The o ...
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  • Kofi Bediako 6 months ago

    HIGHWAY TAX/LEVY IS COMING BACK WITH TOLL BOOTHS....That one is also only GHC1.....That is the NDC RESET....Citizens will pay pay go tire

  • Nii Bi 6 months ago

    That is exactly where we should be looking at not their usual stupid partisan arguments from both sides. This burden including those for the appointees/politicians who brought the tax is borne by ordinary voters/taxpayers sin ...
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  • Nii Bi 6 months ago

    In the end, they'll be sharing dollars in the streets because they don't pay for anything but get easy moneys. All the brouhaha going on about EOCO, special prosecutor et al will amount to nothing eventually. All those crimin ...
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  • Silk Kat 6 months ago

    Hmmmm! Man you have it there

  • Queen 6 months ago

    Anyone complaining is a complete foooooool. Fuel prices has being drastically reduced. They will still save 5gh cedis and it doesn't cover everyone only transport users. This can never be compared to the nuisance taxes from N ...
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  • Samurai 6 months ago

    You are forgetting that this will be passed on to consumers, whether transport users or not and fuel prices will always fluctuate. Not everything is viewed through partisan colours.

  • Tex 6 months ago

    You are the BIGGEST fool polish yourself.

  • Kakalika one 6 months ago

    This is outrageous hmmmm Ama Ghana.

  • BINGO 6 months ago

    Aha, Robbing Peter to pay Paul

  • Great move by Government ! 6 months ago

    The debt was created by the previous government so Ghanaians are paying to solve the dumsor and you boycott.Whats the sense in this?

  • Abrewatia 6 months ago

    exactly
    I can not fathom how stupid npp supporters are.

    Who created the debt over 8 years?

  • Samurai 6 months ago

    Will it really solve the dumsor crisis? or we are going to see what the npp did with all the promises of the magic e-levy was going to perform.

  • Tex 6 months ago

    You people there in power have been consuming free Petroleum and electricity products with your families and Girl friends and passing on 1ghc / litre tax to the ordinary citizines to pay.Thank you and well done.

  • Co2 6 months ago

    We told ghanaians that the NDC party is a scam party. Mahama is joking with ghanaians, he gave 10% to the workers union and increased electricity and water, he said the dollar has drop so drivers should reduce their Fares aga ...
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  • Adoley 6 months ago

    NDC has now started the political tricks. They've scrapped e-levy and now taking it back from us in
    the worse form. This is so unfair. Why do we have to pay for their mismanagemt and squandering? Isn't 1ghc on a litre too h ...
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  • Chris 6 months ago

    They can boycott thier wives and husbands, it's passed what ever they would do, there can go ahead.

  • Observer 6 months ago

    Did I just read 'unwarranted burden ' by the minority? These people have no shame and are fast and swiftly propelling their course for their unpopularity in the public's eyes

  • Watchman 6 months ago

    There is an assumption that the cedi will forever hold against the $. Would the fuel levy be removed when the cedi begin to fall? All the same, this levy is collectible. So if it used properly and the people can see the effec ...
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  • Truetalk 6 months ago

    Why not go nuclear?
    We cant keep on doing Mary go round stuff.
    Lets go nuclear.

  • Kojo 6 months ago

    Increase the to 2ghc and solve it fast. The caused the mess and they want keep saying dumsor. Ndc will force solve the problem

  • Oko 6 months ago

    I pay my electricity bills monthly why should l for that debt. These government officials don't buy fuel so how are they contributing.

  • Tosh 6 months ago

    The most annoying thing about these energy sector taxes, is the fact, that the the root causes of our everlasting energy deficits are not been tackled. We keep pouring more water into a leaky basket.

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  • Citizen vigilante 6 months ago

    NDC doesn’t know how to keep the light on, upon all this 1 cedi there will be dumsor throughout the 4 years, As I write there is NO light at Ashaley Botwe, tweeeeeaaaaa