The former Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed his deepest dissatisfaction with the ruling NDC’s move to introduce the fuel levy, which aims to address issues in the energy sector.
On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, the parliament of Ghana passed the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) bill despite the minority’s move to boycott the idea, leading them to walk out of the chambers.
The bill imposes a GHc1 charge on every purchase of a litre of fuel in order to use the funds to tackle issues within the energy sector of the country.
In reaction to the new bill, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) chastised the NDC administration for their hypocrisy and deception.
While addressing supporters in Cape Coast during the final leg of his nationwide “Thank You Tour” of the Central Region, Dr. Bawumia said the NDC scrapped the E-levy bill only to introduce a levy which he believes to be eight times worse.
“They promised to scrap the E-Levy, and they have. But what have they done next? They’ve introduced a new tax that is eight times worse than the so-called Dumsor Levy,” he charged.
He bemoaned that the GHc1 charge on every litre of fuel purchased by consumers imposes financial burdens on Ghanaians more than what the E-levy did.
“If you buy GH¢1,000 worth of fuel today, you’ll pay GH¢83 in tax. Under the E-Levy, transferring GH¢1,000 would only attract a GH¢10 charge. So tell me, which one is more painful to the average Ghanaian?” he asked.
He said the NDC government is on a road of budgetary excess disguised as economic recovery and cautioned Ghanaians to expect substantially higher taxes.
“And more is yet to come. By 2028, Ghanaians will realise the extent of the deception. But by then, they will call on us, the NPP, to return and govern this country properly,” he said.
Dr. Bawumia maintains that the administration has increased the financial hardship it previously opposed while failing to uphold its own standards of accountability.
