Dennis Miracle Aboagye, former Communications Director for the Bawumia’s campaign, has warned that failure to cancel certain taxes in the 2025 Budget would amount to the greatest deception to the nation.
Speaking on Point Blank on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Monday, March 10, he stated that Ghanaians voted for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) based on President John Dramani Mahama’s promise to scrap specific taxes introduced by the Akufo-Addo administration.
These include the e-levy, betting tax, and COVID-19 levy.
Aboagye emphasised that if the government fails to fulfill these commitments in the upcoming budget, it would be a betrayal of public trust. His comments come ahead of the 2025 Budget presentation by Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson on March 11.
He insisted that the Mahama-led administration must honor its campaign promises regarding tax cancellations, as Ghanaians voted with the expectation that these burdensome levies would be removed.
“We believe that for each of the things that the NDC, as a party, promised the people, and each of the pledges they made, they must fulfill them. Our job as an opposition party is to work with them to ensure that they keep their word.
“For tomorrow’s budget, I am looking forward to the cancellation of the betting tax, e-levy, COVID tax, and all other taxes they promised to cancel because that is the promise they made to the people of this country. They hold it as a responsibility to us to fulfill that promise, and we will hold their hands to the fire. I think that is what the opposition is meant to do.”
He assured that while the opposition would firmly demand accountability, they would not resort to disruptive tactics, unlike the approach taken by the NDC in the past.
“We are not going to be disruptive like how they did to us. The president must fulfil his promise because they told us at the time e-levy was introduced that they were going to cancel it. They described it as a draconian tax that imposed a lot of hardship on the people.
“It will be the grandest deception the country has ever experienced if the promise is not fulfilled. If a political party makes specific promises, assures you that if you vote for them, they will deliver, and then they fail to do so, then we are in trouble,” he added.
Source: Citinewsroom