The Minority in Parliament says they have been vindicated following a nearly 10 per cent increase in fuel prices after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government implemented a new GH¢1 tax on every litre of petrol and diesel.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, July 16, the Minority's spokesperson on the Economy, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, criticised the Mahama-led administration for ignoring earlier warnings that the levy, passed under the pretext of debt recovery, would directly result in higher fuel costs and worsen the economic hardship Ghanaians already face. "The first thing to note today is that the warnings that we gave from the Minority Caucus have today, unfortunately, seen the light of day.
We warned that, contrary to the government's claim that this levy, this D levy, will not increase fuel prices, it will increase fuel prices by 8% from day one," he stated.
According to him, the government had insisted that the new levy would not impact pump prices. "My brother John John Jinapor was talking about the fact that it only takes an innovative government, a smart government, to be able to introduce a levy, and prices will not go up.
