Removing GH₵1 fuel levy now could worsen energy sector debt – IES

A Senior Research and Policy Analyst at the Institute for Energy Security (IES), Smith Prosper Boahene, has cautioned against calls to scrap the GH₵1 fuel levy, insisting that doing so now would be “premature” despite a recent drop in global oil prices.


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