People want to pay taxes but not ones that do not contribute to development – Hassan Ayariga
Dr. Hassan Ayariga, the founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), has urged citizens to pay taxes in order to ensure the country’s rapid socio-economic development.
He explained that “Taxation is what is going to help us develop our country and not borrowing, no country has ever developed on borrowing, and I believe Ghanaians want to pay taxes, but they do not want to pay taxes that don’t contribute to development”
Dr. Ayariga, the APC’s 2020 Presidential Candidate during a press conference in Accra on Monday called “Post Budget Analysis” thanked the government for suspending the collecting of road tolls starting next year, as stated in the 2022 Budget Statement.
He also praised the government’s YouStart Initiative, which aims to help young people start and expand small enterprises.
Beginning in March 2022, the goal is to create one million jobs with a seed capital of one billion Ghana Cedis.
He asked the government to work with telecommunications companies on a one-way payment of the anticipated 1.75 per cent E-levy.
On Wednesday, during the presentation of the 2022 Budget Statement to Parliament, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta proposed 1.75 per cent levies on all electronic transactions.
“The suffering is killing too much, the hardship is beginning to have a toll on people,” he said, asking the populace to rise above “pettiness and save the country…”
Dr. Ayariga also urged all political parties to come together to oppose LGBTQ, calling the practice “demonic.”
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