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Emission Levy: Consumers to pay additional GH¢26.07 every month in electricity cost
If the Emission Levy is implemented, each consumer will pay about GH¢26.07 every month, in addition to the actual electricity charge.This will translate...
AGI considers legal action to halt Emission Levy for industries
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has hinted it will not hesitate to take legal action to halt the implementation of the Emission Levy...
Wayoosi sends important message to Akufo-Addo over Emission levy
Ghanaian actor, Joseph Nana Osei, popularly known as Wayoosi, has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to abolish the recently introduced emission levy.He expressed...
Suspend controversial Emission levy – GUTA urges govt
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is urging the government to abolish the recently introduced Emission levy.The Emission Levy, introduced by the Ghana...
Emission levy senseless; Akufo Addo-Bawumia govt may soon tax our tears at funerals
The National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s parliamentary candidate for the Ketu North Constituency has criticised the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112), labelling it as...
Keta MCE justifies the collection of emission levy
The Municipal Chief Executive(MCE) of Keta, Emmanuel Gemegah. has justified the collection of the new emission levy on vehicles, which started on February 1....
GPRTU petitions Parliament to review Emission Levy Bill
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that it submitted a proposal to Parliament for the reconsideration of the Emission Levy Bill,...
NGO raises concerns over Emissions Levy Act
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Penplusbytes has express worry the taxation framework for vehicles outlined in the Emissions Levy Act.The organisation has said the...
Ghana’s fuel emissions levy: Another dubious taxation approach by gov’t on citizens
In December of last year, Ghanaians were greeted with a new fiscal imposition from their government: an annual levy tied to the carbon emissions...
Emissions levy: Electricity prices may go up – IPGG CEO
The CEO of Independent Power Generators, Ghana (IPGG) has hinted at a potential increase in electricity prices following the introduction of the Emissions Levy.Dr....
Emissions levy, VAT on electricity will affect businesses – GUTA
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed its opposition to the proposed implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity charges and...
Govt must withdraw ‘unnecessary’ Emissions Levy immediately – Nana B
The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, commonly known as Nana B, is urging the government to immediately...
Check out charges as Emissions Levy takes effect from February 1
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the Emissions Levy takes effect from Thursday, February 1, 2024.The bill passed by Parliament through the...
GPRTU threatens to increase transport fares by 60% over Emissions Levy Bill
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has threatened to increase transport fares by 60% in 2024 as soon as the Emission Levy Bill...
At 2am you’re here taxing smoke – Adongo mocks government over Emissions Levy
The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo has questioned the basis for a decision by the government to introduce Emissions Levy for...
Tell Bawumia to scrap E-levy, other taxes now, not later – Mahama to GUTA
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has urged members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) to exert...
Methane emissions from fossil fuels to decline by around 50% by 2030 if…
Methane emissions from fossil fuels will be decreased by about 50 per cent by 2030 if methane policies and promises made by countries and...
Minority to introduce private member’s bill for removal of E-levy, betting tax
The Minority in Parliament has announced plans to introduce a private member’s bill aimed at repealing the E-levy, emissions tax and betting tax.This is...
E-Levy: Bawumia fought for exemption on first ¢100 – Bentil
Lawyer and Senior Vice President for IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil says Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has always been against the introduction of the e-levy, hence...
Government reconsidering emissions tax – Sammi Awuku
The former National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Samuel Awuku has disclosed that the government is reconsidering the proposed annual levy for...
CCCFS calls for shift towards cleaner fuels over Emission Taxes
An Environmental and Climate Economist at the Centre for Climate Change & Food Security (CCCFS), Dr. Alexander Nti Kani, has shed light on the...
Taxing emissions while destroying our forests through ‘galamsey’ is counterproductive
Ghana's Parliament passed a law to levy carbon emissions as part of the country's so-called effort to combat global warming or climate change.The...
‘Insensitive’ vehicle emissions tax won’t prevent carbon emission – Ben Boakye
Executive Director of Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye says that the new vehicle tax will not reduce carbon emissions.According to...
Use emissions tax to resource EPA – Gov’t told
University of Cape Coast Associate Professor Kofi Amegah, an expert in Environmental and Nutritional Epidemiology, has suggested that the government allocate the funds generated...
New emission tax is double taxation – Okada Riders Association
The President of the Okada Riders Association of Ghana has expressed concerns about the emission tax, labelling it as double taxation.Michael Kofi Owusu explained...
GPRTU to incorporate emissions tax into upcoming fare adjustments
Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has hinted at an increase in fares following the implementation of the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112).Despite...
New Zealand proposes taxing cow burgs to reduce emissions
New Zealand has proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals produce from burping and urinating in a bid to tackle climate change.The world-first...
2024 mid-year budget signals NPP headed for opposition – Ato Forson
Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has expressed disappointment in the 2024 Mid-Year Budget Review, stating it signals the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP)...
Mid year budget review: Minority slams Akufo-Addo and Bawumia government [Full address]
The following is the verbatim transcription of the reaction of the Minority in Parliament, led by Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, to the 2024...
Mid year budget review: Government is bereft of ideas – Minority Leader [Video]
Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has criticized the Akufo-Addo administration, claiming it lacks the necessary ideas to manage the economy effectively.He believes the...
Push for removal of taxes by Minority MPs a political gimmick – Stephen Amoah
The Majority in Parliament has described moves by the NDC Minority to introduce a private members bill to repeal a raft of taxes, which...
COP Alex Mensah was no competition for me, I was well prepared – Poku-Adusei
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Bekwai, Ralph Poku-Adusei has confidently stated that Retired Commissioner of Police (COP), George Alex Mensah, posed...
Kasoa: Man remanded for allegedly killing 74-year-old stroke patient during robbery
20-year-old Mohammed Abdullah has been remanded by the Ofaakor Circuit Court for allegedly killing a 74-year-old stroke patient after robbing her in her three-bedroom...
Final funeral rites of J.B Danquah held after 58 years
After 58 years since the passing of Dr. Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, the Ofori Panin Fie, under the leadership of Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia...
Why Bawumia’s address was a rally for Mahama – Asiedu Nketia
National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia is predicting a favourable outcome for its flagbearer, John Mahama in the December...
Pollster calls on all political leaders to present their vision after Bawumia’s lecture
Pollster and researcher, Professor Smart Sarpong, has called on all political party leaders and those aspiring to lead the country to present their vision...
Bawumia’s speech in infographics
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, addressed the nation.The event took place at the...
NPP primaries: Delegates on tenterhooks as a failed aspirant demands refund with ‘Antoa’
About 20 delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Manhyia North constituency who allegedly took money from a parliamentary aspirant in the...
GPRTU instructs drivers to keep existing fares amid talks with Transport Ministry
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has encouraged transport operators to uphold their existing fares during ongoing discussions with the government, which has...
We’ve not reversed plans to increase fares by 60% – GPRTU
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has refuted media reports that it has rescind its decision to raise transport fares by sixty...