The Minority Caucus in Parliament is opposed to the government's decision to suspend the implementation of the controversial Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Act, 2025, popularly referred to as the Dumsor Levy.
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has suspended the proposed levy, which was scheduled to take effect on Monday, 16 June 2025.
In a statement issued on Sunday, 15 June by the Minority Caucus in Parliament, it expressed condemnation of the decision to postpone the implementation of the levy just days before its scheduled commencement, describing it as evidence of a "chaotic and inconsistent approach to economic governance." It stated that "this eleventh-hour U-turn epitomises a trial-and-error strategy and reveals a disturbing lack of stakeholder engagement before the passage of the law." The government's justification-citing global crude oil price volatility arising from the Israel-Iran conflict-was criticised by the Minority as hypocritical and dishonest.
It was pointed out that the same administration that had lambasted the Akufo-Addo government for attributing challenges to global events was now relying on similar arguments to explain its own policy inconsistencies.
