{"id":273422,"date":"2011-01-11T11:50:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46144"},"modified":"2011-01-11T11:50:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T11:50:12","slug":"petrol-price-hikes-will-pay-off-in-action-year-anyidoho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/11\/petrol-price-hikes-will-pay-off-in-action-year-anyidoho\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol Price Hikes Will Pay Off In \u201cAction Year &#8211; Anyidoho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_31351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31351\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-31351\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/08\/anyidoho-mills-wont-allow-terror-tactics-from-historical-bomb-throwers\/koku-anyidoho-new\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31351\" title=\"Koku Anyidoho new\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Koku-Anyidoho-new.jpg\" alt=\"Koku Anyidoho, Head of Communications at the presidenc\" width=\"230\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Koku Anyidoho<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nDirector of Communications at the  Presidency, Mr. Koku Anyidoho has described as candid, President Mills\u2019  answers to questions posed by journalists on the recent fuel price  increase.<br \/>\nAccording to Mr. Anyidoho, although the decision taken  by the president was a difficult one, it was in the best interest of the  country, adding that the revenue accrued from the taxes imposed will  start showing benefits this year, which has been dubbed \u201cAction Year\u201d by  the president.<br \/>\nReacting to criticisms that the fuel price hikes  were a betrayal of the promise made to Ghanaians by the NDC government \u2013  which while in opposition promised to reduce petrol prices drastically-  and that the government by that act has reneged on its Social  Democratic agenda, Koku Anyidoho said that being a social democratic  government does not mean that taxes should not to be charged. He  explained that instead, taxes should be charged to support the poor.<br \/>\nKoku  Anyidoho told Joy FM that rather the NDC government in keeping with its  Social Democratic credentials, exempted kerosene and premix fuel from  the price raises.<br \/>\nHe said that under the prevailing circumstances  &#8211; where the Tema Oil Refinery was so heavily indebted, the president\u2019s  decision not to subsidize the price of fuel is laudable. Mr. Anyidoho  cited Norway and Belgium as having Social Democratic governments and yet  were countries which have the highest tax rates in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr. Koku Anyidoho has described as candid, President Mills\u2019 answers to questions posed by journalists on the recent fuel price increase. 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