2025 Budget: Minority Expects Complete Scrapping of Betting and E-Levy Taxes; No Introduction of New Taxes – Odotobri MP
Opposition MPs pressure Mahama to fulfill campaign promises, insisting on the complete abolition of "nuisance taxes" ahead of the 2025 budget presentation
- Minority demands the full removal of betting and E-Levy taxes
- No new taxes should be introduced, as promised during the campaign
- Mahama must deliver on his commitments, or Ghanaians will feel betrayed
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson is set to present his first budget to Parliament on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
This crucial budget will outline Ghana’s economic status and detail the government’s policy direction under President John Mahama’s vision for economic transformation.
Ahead of the presentation, the Member of Parliament for Odotobri Constituency, Hon. Lawyer Anthony Mmieh, has stated that the Minority expects the complete removal of the controversial betting and electronic levy (E-Levy) taxes. Additionally, he emphasized that the opposition does not anticipate the introduction of any new taxes.
“The expectations from Mahama’s government are high. Ghanaians want a budget that delivers relief. During the campaign, they described these as ‘nuisance taxes’—from import duties to betting taxes—they criticized them strongly. Now, Mahama must scrap them all,” Hon. Mmieh said in an interview with Kwame Tanko on Lawson TV/Radio’s Ghana Se Sen morning show.
He acknowledged that while these taxes have generated revenue, Mahama and the NDC were vocal against them in opposition. “If they now admit they misled the public about the taxes, that would be one thing. But I don’t expect that. Ghanaians want them gone—especially the betting tax and E-Levy. Failing to remove them would be a huge betrayal.”
Hon. Mmieh also accused the new administration of inconsistency, stating that while President Mahama spoke extensively about unemployment during the campaign, his government initially dismissed workers hired by the previous administration, only to reinstate them after public pressure.
With high public anticipation, the Odotobri MP stressed that Ghanaians are looking forward to seeing Mahama’s campaign promises reflected in the 2025 budget.
