Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Edem Agbana, has justified the government's decision to introduce a GHC1 fuel levy on petroleum products, describing it as a necessary intervention to help resolve Ghana's ongoing energy challenges.
Speaking on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on Saturday, June 7, Agbana emphasized that the government's approach to the energy crisis is not political, but a pragmatic response to a long-standing financial problem. "We inherited a challenge, and our approach to the challenge is that we need to solve this problem once and for all, and we have decided not to play politics with it," he stated.
He stressed that the root of Ghana's energy sector issues lies in inadequate financing. "The challenge we are confronted with in the energy sector is fundamentally a financial issue, so you need to raise money," Agbana explained.
According to him, the newly introduced levy is projected to generate approximately GHC5.7 billion annually.
