General News of Thursday, 14 November 2019Source: classfmonline.comNo new tax claim: Ofori-Atta is a 'liar', 'everybody knows he’s a liar' – Ato ForsonMember of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Mr Cassiel Ato ForsonFinance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta lied to the people of Ghana when he said no new tax was introduced in the 2020 budget, the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson, has said. “This is a Minister of Finance who informed all of us that this budget has no new tax. He has told us a big fat lie”, Mr Forson said, adding: “… And I was surprised that he could gather that courage to say they have delivered their promise from moving away from taxation to production. Everybody knows he [Ofori-Atta] is liar. In the budget statement, he said they have been able to reach 880 billion people”.

Source: GhanaWeb November 14, 2019 16:43 UTC