The New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Presidential hopeful, Mr. Alan Kyerematen says government has become bereft of ideas and has no idea on how to take Ghana\u2019s economy forward.<\/p>\n
In a statement\u00a0on the recent utility tariff increase, as well as the new VAT on financial services, he said such revenue collection moves by the government\u00a0will only\u00a0collapse the economy.<\/p>\n
Mr. Kyerematen said, \u201cthe government has lacked creativity in its desire to raise revenue,\u201d adding that, \u201crevenue collection should not contribute to increased hardships on the people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the midst of the economic situation that we find ourselves today, it does not make sense to increase tariffs on water and electricity; it is not the best idea to impose new VAT on financial services and it does not make sense to talk about increasing fuel prices even if it is being denied,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Kyerematen said without doing anything substantially to increase production in agriculture, as well as expand the country\u2019s export base, any attempt to hike levies will be counter-productive because of its effect on the ordinary Ghanaian, \u201cwho bears the brunt of all these increased hardships because of the government\u2019s inability to run the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government has totally mismanaged the economy and become highly insensitive to the needs and feelings of the people,\u201d Mr. Kyerematen said; and urged the Ghanaians to start asking critical questions about how the economy is being run.<\/p>\n
According to him, the country needs new ideas that would propel the economy because President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has proved that they have lost touch with how to manage the economy, and also lost the trust reposed in them to govern the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the reason why the people must be listening to the new ideas that some of us on the other side are proposing to bring about the required change in the economy,\u201d Mr. Kyerematen said.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cthe people of Ghana deserve to live better, and this means a new team that has what it takes to improve the economy and at every point take into consideration the needs of the people before taking decisions that affect their daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Source:\u00a0Office of Alan Kyerematen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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