The NDC's leadership has made it clear that their topmost priority is to address what they describe as a decline in governance and economic stability under the current administration. Here are some priorities NDC wants to implement to tackle the ailing economy of Ghana. •Reduce hardships. •Ensure macroeconomic stability. •Restore fiscal and debt sustainability. •Restore investor confidence. • Prioritise investment in productive sectors for sustainable economic growth and decent jobs. We will: Scrap the following draconian taxes within our first 100 days in office to alleviate hardships and ease the high cost of doing business: • E-levy •COVID levy •10% levy on bet winnings •Emissions levy • Import duty on vehicles and equipment imported into the country for industrial and agricultural purposes To further ease hardships, we will: Apply the Price Stabilizations and Recovery Levy on fuel to cushion consumers. • Rationalise fees and charges at our ports to reduce the burden on importers and Ghanaians. • Undertake a comprehensive reform of Ghana's VAT regime to provide relief for households and businesses. This will include reversing the decoupling of GETFund and NHIL from VAT, reversing the VAT flat rate regime, upwardly adjusting the VAT registration threshold to exempt micro and small businesses and repealing the law imposing VAT on domestic electricity consumption. • Stabilise the Ghana Cedi and macro-economy through an urgent economic recovery programme to shore up our foreign reserves. • Roll out the equivalent of a $10 billion Big Push policy for strategic infrastructural development to drive sustainable economic growth and transformation. • Introduce various social interventions to alleviate the current economic hardships and protect the vulnerable. These will include the: ◊ No-Academic-Feepolicyforallfirst-yearstudentsinpublic tertiary institutions under the 'No-Fees-Stress' initiative ◊ Free Tertiary Education for Persons with Disability (PWDs) ◊ Free Primary Healthcare ◊ Ghana Medical Care Trust (MahamaCares) ◊ Free Sanitary Pads for school girls, among others.