John Dramani Mahama has made fun of Nana Akufo Addo and the continued suffering the Ghanaian people have endured as a result of the levies he has imposed on them.
He emphasised how the Akufo-Addo administration has increased taxes despite making promises to shift the nation’s economic focus from taxation to manufacturing.
Recall that on Friday, March 31, 2023, the president signed three recently passed pieces of tax legislation. A GHS4 billion yearly revenue target is shared by the Growth and Sustainability Levy Bill, the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, the Income Tax Amendment Bill, and the Ghana Revenue Authority Bill.
They required the board of directors’ approval in order to obtain the IMF’s US$3 billion extended lending line to sustain the economy.
John Dramani Mahama stated on a recent campaign tour for the NDC’s flagbearer ship that given the reckless way Akufo Addo is taxing Ghanaians, he will soon tax Ghanaians for being in a relationship.
“Prices at the various supermarkets have skyrocketed; the government has reneged on its promise of moving away from taxation to production, to the extent that even betting is taxed”, the former president observed.
“Almost everything is taxed now,” he bemoaned. He blamed the economic crisis on the Akufo-Addo government’s voracious appetite for borrowing.
“The country wouldn’t have been in this economic mess if the government had not engaged in excessive borrowing. We are now seeking debt forgiveness from external creditors,” Mr Mahama said.
