The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has officially announced that new levy rates on petroleum products will take effect today, Monday, June 9, 2025, under the revised Energy Sector Levies Act, 2025 (Act 1141).
The new directive, issued through Tariff Interpretation Order (TIO) No. 2025/003, is part of the government’s strategy to generate additional revenue to reduce energy sector shortfalls, clear legacy debts, and stabilise the national power supply.
Per the GRA’s directive, the Energy Sector Shortfall and Debt Repayment Levy has seen notable increases across several petroleum products:
Super Petrol now rises from GH¢0.95 to GH¢1.95, Diesel and Marine Gas Oil (Foreign) from GH¢0.93 to GH¢1.93, Local Marine Gas Oil from GH¢0.03 to GH¢0.23, and Heavy Fuel Oil from GH¢0.04 to GH¢0.24.
Partially Refined Oil (Naphtha) also rises from GH¢0.95 to GH¢1.95, while LPG remains unchanged at GH¢0.73. Commissioner-General Anthony Kwasi Sarpong has instructed full compliance at all ports and fuel stations, with transitional provisions applying to products lifted before the effective date.
Meanwhile, Lawyer and Senior Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, has slammed the government’s decision, asserting that the levy is a misguided response to structural failures.
“The problem in our energy sector will not be solved by taxes. The problem in our energy sector is a problem of incompetence and corruption,” Bentil argued in aninterview on Saturday, June 7.
“The people who run the energy sector—check—when they leave, they leave very rich.” He contended that without addressing mismanagement, additional levies will only burden consumers without fixing the sector’s underlying issues.
