The 2016 Presidential Candidate \u00a0for the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Nana Akufo Addo has asked government to significantly reduce\u00a0or remove taxes on diesel and petroleum products \u00a0to show it is sensitive.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”l6e1KZeEsZziJ8fzgK20gZfl4wYRUZ9Y”]\u201cIf the automatic adjustment pricing formula says nothing can be done about the increases in the prices of petroleum products, even though when the world market price of crude oil went down, the equivalent reduction in petroleum price did not take place, government can, at least, ease the suffering of Ghanaians and business by reducing significantly, or at best abolishing , the taxes on diesel and petroleum products. That will be a sign of a sensitive government,\u201d Nana Addo said.<\/p>\n
Nana Addo who is not enthused by the NPA\u2019s announcement of a 9% increment in petroleum products expressed his misgivings about the directive\u00a0on Sunday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Nana Addo stated that considering the effects of a 3 -year power crisis, a responsible government would rather ensure that the prices of fuel are not increased.<\/p>\n He remarked that the latest development \u201cmeans there is no end to the difficulties for\u00a0the ordinary Ghanaian.\u201d<\/p>\n He said this\u00a0when he addressed a packed meeting of Ghanaians, NPP members and sympathisers\u00a0in K\u00f6ln, Germany, on the first day of his 16-day tour of some European\u00a0countries.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen President Kufuor left office, people were speaking of our\u00a0country as Africa\u2019s success story, possessing a stable democracy and an economy on the rise. Within six years of his leaving office, Ghana\u00a0has retrogressed. Ghanaians are suffering and experiencing difficulties never witnessed in our history,\u201d Nana Addo said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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