{"id":737829,"date":"2022-01-06T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/npp-administration-punishing-ghanaians-with-more-economic-hardship-ndc\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:20:24","slug":"npp-administration-punishing-ghanaians-with-more-economic-hardship-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/npp-administration-punishing-ghanaians-with-more-economic-hardship-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP administration punishing Ghanaians with more economic hardship \u2013 NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  6 January 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2022-01-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/25654602.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the NDC\" title=\"Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the NDC\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/> <span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the NDC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"><b>GRA begins reversal of 50% benchmark value reduction at ports<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Duty on sugar, vehicles, roofing sheets, ceramic tiles and others to increase <\/p>\n<p>NDC laments high cost of doing business at the ports<\/p>\n<p>The National Democratic Congress has blamed the governing New Patriotic Party for incurring punishment on the ordinary Ghanaian as a result of the bad economic management. <\/p>\n<p>According to the NDC&#8217;s National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, the decision by government to reverse the benchmark value policy reduction at the country\u2019s ports is in bad taste. <\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists at a press conference on Wednesday January 5, 2022, the NDC said they are \u201cutterly appalled by the decision of the insensitive Akufo-Addo\/Bawumia government to reverse benchmark value discounts on selected imported goods, effective January 4, 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will ultimately increase the cost of doing business in the country, negatively affect the turnover of businesses and the volume of trade in the country, and lead to the collapse of many businesses and jobs,\u201d the party added. <\/p>\n<p>The NDC Communications Officer further worried that government\u2019s decision on the benchmark value policy will be detrimental to the activities of the traders and citizens. <\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"PEHgyrliDW8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Benchmark reversal will worsen hardships - Sammy Gyamfi\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PEHgyrliDW8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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