VAT on Electricity: ICU to join TUC strike if government goes ahead to implement | 3News

The General Secretary of the (), Morgan Ayawine, has said that his members will join to withdraw their services if goes ahead to implement the 15 percent on electricity.

He said the implementation of this tax will worsen the plight of the already overburdened Ghanaian.

Mr Ayawine said this when he addressed a news conference in on January 24.

“We have been swallowing bitter pills.

But this time around, the introduction of VAT on electricity can be described as something that is more than a bitter pill.

The recovery of even the human being in this country should go along with the recovery of the country.

 Why should this thing come at this time, if government is not looking for trouble?” he queried.

From Left to Right: Mr.Emmanuel Benimah, Deputy General Secretary in charge of Operations, ICU-Ghana, Mr.

Yaw Baah said this policy would be detrimental on the livelihoods of ordinary Ghanaians.

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There are so many in this country, we are counting and continue to count.

It is not right for government to rather give its people bitter pills.”

He also called on government to rescind its decision to impose the tax to avoid any “trouble.”

“If there should be any trouble in this country, it is not the unions that will create trouble.