Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a scathing attack on governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, over the recently introduced levy on petroleum products.
The 2024 flag bearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has told Ghanaians to expect more of such taxes from the government, saying this is just the beginning of more levies to come.
His criticism comes after the passage of the Energy Sector Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025, by Parliament on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
This adds an additional GHC1.00 levy per litre of petroleum products, which the government says is expected to generate an additional 5.7 billion Ghana Cedis in revenue to help reduce energy sector debts and support stable power supply by curbing dumsor.
Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, explained that Ghana’s energy sector debt currently stands at US$3.1 billion, and will require US$3.7 billion dollars to clear it.
According to him, an additional US$1.2 billion will be needed by the government to purchase fuel to power Ghana’s thermal power generation for the year 2025.
The Minister clarified on the floor of Parliament that the rise in the levy will not result in increase in the ex-pump price of fuel.
But Dr. Bawumia, addressing party faithful in the Central region during his ‘Thank You’ tour, he told supporters of the party to brace themselves up for more of such harsh taxes under President Mahama.
“They have brought something called dumsor levy; this is eight times E-Levy. So if you buy fuel for Ghc1000, you will pay dumsor levy of Ghc83. Just prepare there is more to come,” he stated.
