Chairman Kwame Owusu, Adansi Asokwa New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman in the Ashanti Region, has taken the Minority to the cleaners for being a “stumbling block to Ghana’s progress”.
He claimed the intransigent position taken by the NDC Members of Parliament about the 2022 Budget is to please the whims and caprices of some ‘big people’ in the party.
The Minority has raised concerns about the 2022 budget presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
They cited, among other things, the government’s proposed Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) as a killer tax that will deepen the woes of Ghanaians.
They voted to reject it and has vowed not to accept the 2022 budget until the E-levy is expunged from the government’s financial estimates.
This position by the Minority, Chairman Kwame Owusu stated is borne out of political expediency.
He indicated that the claim that they are fighting for the masses is just a smokescreen to “score cheap political points”.
Chairman Kwame Owusu added that the Minority by their conduct, has missed the opportunity to genuinely hold the government accountable.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Evans Boateng
