The Minority in Parliament has slammed Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s public address which highlighted his vision for the country when elected President.

According to the Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the NPP flagbearer’s vision lacks substance and originality.

In a policy address on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Dr. Bawumia outlined plans to abolish certain taxes, including the e-levy, emission levy, and bet taxes. He also proposed governing with 50 Ministers and introducing a flat tax regime, among other interventions.

However, those reforms have been widely condemned by the ordinary Ghanaian with the Minority caucus expressing skepticism, asserting that the Vice President lacks a coherent vision for the country.

Speaking to newsalertgh.com, Dr. Ato Forson, said the Vice President already possesses the authority to remove taxes but has failed to do so.

Dr. Forson argued that the proposed tax cuts were already articulated by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama.

“It should be noted that our vice president currently has the power to remove any taxes if he so wishes. This is obviously for the simple reason that our vice president is the chairman of the Economic Management Team. He chairs the deliberation of all economic policies at his office. Aside from that he is also a member of the Akufo-Addo cabinet he is the second commander-in-chief in the Akufo-Addo’s cabinet.”

“So all of these economic policies President Akufo-Addo has implemented since 2017 were actually supervised by our Vice President. And it should be noted, that his position has further been strengthened because he is now the leader of the NPP, the governing NPP.”

Reiterating this stance on his Twitter handle, the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam said the Minority stands ready and committed to helping the Veep abolish those taxes now.