{"id":31330,"date":"2026-04-10T15:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31330"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:01:52","slug":"ghana-to-cut-fuel-taxes-and-levies-as-iran-conflict-drives-up-pump-prices","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ghana-to-cut-fuel-taxes-and-levies-as-iran-conflict-drives-up-pump-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to cut fuel taxes and levies as Iran conflict drives up pump prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ghana will remove some fuel taxes and charges levied along the supply chain by distributors \u200band retailers to cushion consumers from rising pump prices \u200cdriven by the Middle East conflict, government spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The measures are set to take effect within a week, \u200bthough the specific levies to be scrapped will only \u200bbe confirmed after stakeholder consultations in the coming \u2060days, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Ghana imports about 70% of its refined fuel \u200band is among many African nations hit by steep pump \u200bprice increases as the US. Israeli war on Iran sent global oil prices surging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The National Petroleum Authority earlier raised mandatory minimum price floors for the April \u200b1\u201315 pricing window, pushing petrol prices up around 15% \u200bto $1.21 per litre and diesel up roughly 19% \u200cto $1.55.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Consultations between the government and stakeholders will take place ahead of the next pricing window in approximately one week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cWe are aware of the exact amount. It will be significant,\u201d Kwakye \u200bsaid, adding \u200bthat the suspension \u2060would last an initial four weeks, after which the government would review the situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He told \u200breporters that the increases seen over the last \u200bpricing \u2060window were solely attributable to the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The transport minister has separately been instructed to fast-track the deployment of newly acquired \u2060Metro \u200bMass buses along high-traffic corridors, with \u200bfares set below those charged by private operators, to ease the burden on \u200bcommuters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-31330","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Ghana will remove some fuel taxes","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31331,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31330\/revisions\/31331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}