Francis Kweku Tengey, the president of the Ghana Online Drivers Union, has recommended that the government purchase electronic vehicles, or “e-vehicles.”
In this manner, vehicle owners wouldn’t have to pay taxes on exhaust pipe emissions.
He contends that rather of using reactive techniques, the issue needs to be addressed from the ground up in order to create a clean, pollution-free environment.
On February 1, he posed the question, “Who allows these old vehicles to be imported?,” on JoyFM’s Top Story. That’s the approach we should take with all of these issues.
We continue to let outdated cars into the system. When automobiles that are over 20 years old and have been turned in enter the nation, they release carbon dioxide.
“At the end of the day, we are being asked to pay some money. We should tackle the whole problem from the roots, at the end of the day, it will be okay,” he said.
He emphasized that the public wouldn’t have to pay unduly on taxes because electric vehicles will take care of the issue.
On Thursday, February 1, 2024, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) declared that the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112) would go into effect.
The GRA states that the Act will tax internal combustion engine cars’ carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. The government’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is in line with the move, the GRA emphasized.
