Deputy Government Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, has called on Ghanaians to support the newly introduced fuel levy aimed at bolstering the country’s energy sustainability.
In a Facebook post endorsing the initiative, she highlighted that the Ghanaian cedi is gaining strength and fuel prices have recently declined. Despite these positive developments, she noted that there is still a pressing need for more affordable liquid fuels to efficiently power the nation’s electricity generation plants.
Shamima urged citizens to stand with the government by contributing GHC 1 per litre, emphasizing that collective support is crucial for ensuring a stable and reliable power supply.
Her post shared via social media read “Cedi is appreciating inflation reducing, fuel Prices reducing but we need money to buy more liquid fuels which is cheaper now to power our generation plants for sustainable power supply…Only 1 cedi per litre & together we will reset …”
Meanwhile, on the dawn of June 4, 202,5, Parliament passed the levy after the minority staged a walkout.
The Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, who laid the bill under a certificate of urgency, stated that the energy sector’s total indebtedness stands at US$3.1 billion as of March 2025.
He assured Parliament that the impact of the new levy on ex-pump prices would be “absorbed by the gains made from the strong performance of the Ghana Cedi”, meaning consumers would not experience an immediate price hike.
