Parliament Resumes Sitting Today; Minority Cautions Finance Minister Ahead of 2022 Budget.

Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament has linked the hardships in Ghana to the result of bad leadership under the Akufo- Addo and Bawumia government following the current fuel hikes. 

Parliament of Ghana commences sitting today, October 26, 2021, after the house adjourned sine die on August 10, 2021.

The third meeting of the first session of the 8th will consider a number of bills that have already been laid in Parliament and referred to various committees for consideration and report.

Sitting at the Chamber has currently not begun, meanwhile, the Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy committee, John Jinapor in a press conference in the house this morning has described the current fuel hikes which are fast becoming the order of the day as unacceptable since it has left the average worker suffering, and has demanded that taxes imposed on LPG be removed in the 2022 budget- sending a strong signal to the finance minister.

However, The minority in Parliament has served to notice it will not accept an increment in taxes in the 2021 budget set to be delivered next month. 

It follows a recent increment in petroleum products by the government, a situation many have claimed is negatively impacting livelihood.

Addressing a press conference moment ago on a day Parliament is resuming from recess, minority spokesperson on energy, John Jinapor observed that within one year, the government has increased the fuel marking by 200 per cent. He thus wants the government to reduce the rising cost of petroleum products to ameliorate the suffering of the people.

According to the minority on mines and energy, Fuel marking increased by 200 per cent in just one year, and it will is unacceptable.

“within a spate of just one year fuel prices have risen from 4.77 cedis per liter to 6.8 cedis per liter representing a whopping 43% increment under this insensitive government. These astronomical increases have resulted in untold hardship which is threatening lives of ordinary Ghanaians”, he said

“is it not these same people who promised the people of Ghana prior to assuming office that they will abolish the energy sector levies describing them as obnoxious and further promising to move the country from taxation to production,” he stressed.

Mary Ahenkorah Oduraa, Accra