John Abdulai Jinapor the Minister of Energy and Green Transition has stated that the newly introduced Energy Sector Levy is not to pay the Energy Sector’s legacy debts.
According to the Energy minister, it is to pay for liquid fuel.
He revealed that the cost of liquid fuel is not included in the electricity tariff structure, which poses financing challenges to the government.
Speaking in an interview on JOY FM, John Jinapor stated, “Governance is about making decisions. It’s about optimising the situation and doing what we believe is the best decision. Nobody enjoys imposing taxes or levies on the people of Ghana.
“We’ve been working very hard since our time in office, but quickly, this is not actually to pay for legacy debt. What we are doing is that we’ve studied the system, we’ve done the analysis in the energy sector, and the basic truth and fact is that the liquid fuels that we buy currently are not part of the tariff structure. So, when you and I pay for electricity, even if ECG were to collect the money 100% today, none of that money would go into the procurement of liquid fuels.”
“It takes, on average, about 18 months to 2 years to put a gas infrastructure in place. That is, even if you start today. And so this should have happened like yesterday. The finance minister has been helping a bit, though with much more difficulty in helping us to procure liquid fuels. So, what are the options available? Increase electricity tariffs, fall on the finance minister for non-existent money, or share the gains in the reduction of fuel prices,” he noted.
In a related story, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia the former vice president and NPP presidential candidate in the 2024 election has stated the NDC government has introduced a dumsor levy eight times the e-levy.
According to Dr Bawumia, the NDC scrapped the e-levy and now they have brought a dumsor levy, 8 times the e-levy.
Dr Bawumia noted that for the e-levy when u send a momo of 1000 cedis you pay 10 cedis but for the dumsor levy 1000 cedis worth of fuel you pay 83 cedis as new taxes.
Speaking during his ongoing NPP Thank You Tour, Dr Bawumia detailed, “The NDC told so many lies, and every day people are now realising the lies they told, yesterday evening you all saw what happened, they brought a dumsor levy.
They first said we brought e-levy so they are going to scrap it, they scrapped it and they have now introduced the dumsor levy which is 8 times the e-levy”.
He added, “Today if you buy 1 litre of petrol you will pay 1 cedis, If you buy GHC 1000 worth of fuel, you will pay GHC 83 in new taxes. The e-levy when you send some GHC 1000 momo you pay 10 cedis but for them, for 1000 you will pay 83 cedis for fuel.
I can assure you there are more taxes coming, by the time we will get to 2028 Ghanaians will realise the NDC told so many lies and I am sure they will tell us to come again to come and fix things”.
Listen to the audio below:
According to the Energy Minister, John Jinapor, the GHc1 Levy is not meant to pay for the Energy Sector’s legacy debts.
So what is it for? He explains here… #JoySMS. pic.twitter.com/EUbrxac13T
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