The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP) has joined  calls by plastic manufactures for  government  to suspend the newly imposed 5% excise tax on finished plastics.

This call, according to a statement by the association, has been necessitated by the hardship the 5% tax would bring to consumers.

The association highlighted the significant price hikes in bottled and sachet water since January 2024, attributing them to the cedi’s depreciation against the dollar.

In response to this On Plan B Fm’s ‘Nkosuonsem’ hosted by Obidehyie Kofi Sekyi, a National Communications team member of Movement for Change, Mr. John Kofi Adusei Opoku stated clearly that the head of the Economic Management Team the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is incompetent to manage the economy.

“Vice President and the Flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who bragged about being an economic ‘wizkid’ when he was in opposition and also said they will move Ghana from taxation to production, he again said the Cedi/dollar rate will be stable should Ghanaians give them the mandate but things are getting out of hands” he stated.

President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Vice Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are moving Ghana to a deep hole. Dr. Bawumia was an expert of propaganda he added.