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Majority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has argued that the ruling\u00a0New Patriotic Party\u00a0(NPP) government has relatively been charitable to the Ghanaian people in terms of imposing taxes.<\/p>\n
According to the Majority Leader, the government has performed better regarding tax imposition than the previous administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis government, in real terms, hasn\u2019t done any major introduction of taxes to burden Ghanaians. Of course, there have been a few taxes that were introduced, but on the scale, we are better off than what we came to do; the number of taxes under the NDC compared to what we came to do.<\/p>\n
In fact, for the first time in the history of this country, this government reduced electricity tariffs in 2018,\u201d he stated during an interview on GTV.<\/p>\n
He noted that despite the marginal increment in electricity tariffs, the situation would have been worse if the NDC were in government.<\/p>\n
Critics of the current government have cited taxation as one of the harsh treatments being meted out to citizens by the\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led administration.<\/p>\n
Former Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, speaking at the 2024 edition of his Domelevo Accountability Lecture, accused the government of perpetuating robbery against citizens in the name of taxation.<\/p>\n
Watch video below:<\/strong><\/p>\n This NPP government in real terms has not brought any major taxes to burden Ghanaians \u2013 Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Majority Leader#GTVBreakfast<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9mFkr2b91r<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 GTV Ghana (@GTV_Ghana) July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n