The Majority caucus in Parliament has accused the Minority caucus of attempting to sabotage Ghana's economic growth through their persistent opposition to some tax waivers currently under consideration by the House.

“The Minority leader, Dr Ato Forson is leading that charge on behalf of the minority NDC in Parliament, and their main aim is to obstruct government business and to deny the people of Ghana the needed economic growth, which will result from businesses investing in the country and expanding their businesses,“ the Majority leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin said.

There are up to $400 million worth of tax waiver requests that have been pending at the Finance Committee for over three years, entangled in a political stalemate.

However, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed to block these requests at every turn.

Speaking to journalists in Parliament on Thursday, May 30, the Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin said the NDC were being hypocritical.

He asserted that the NDC government, led by former President John Mahama, had granted MPs more than $800 million in tax waivers during their tenure.

“But we know that in 2016, this country experienced the most outrageous tax giveaway we've ever seen in Ghana when the NDC led by President John Mahama handed a tax waiver of $832 million to Meridian Port Services. At the time, the NDC government applied for a tax waiver of $982 million for the port project,” he said.

“And through the vigilance of the minority then, we shut it down up to $832 million, saved the government and the people of Ghana some $100 million, and even requested that further works be done,”he added.