Ghana’s Minister for Finance, Ato Forson, has refuted claims by former Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam that the previous administration never implemented the controversial betting tax.

In an interview with Evans Mensah on JoyNews’ PM Express, Forson stated that the tax was indeed enforced and had generated significant revenue for the government.

“I don’t think he’s on top of that matter because my checks revealed that it was implemented in the second half of 2024.

“And my checks also reveal that year-to-date, the government of Ghana has collected over GH₵80 million from betting tax, so I don’t know what he’s talking about,” Forson asserted.

“It is not the fact. The fact on the ground does not support his assertion. Clearly, the betting tax was implemented.”

His comments directly challenge Dr. Amin Adam’s earlier statement made during a press conference on Tuesday, March 11, shortly after the presentation of the new government’s first budget statement.

In his remarks, the former Finance Minister insisted that the NPP government never enforced the tax, making it misleading for the new administration to claim it had been abolished.

“Betting tax that they said they have abolished, we never collected Betting Tax. So to come and tell Ghanaians that you have abolished something that you have not implemented is to deceive the people of Ghana,” Dr. Amin Adam argued.

The disagreement highlights an ongoing debate about the true implementation of the betting tax and its impact on government revenue, further fueling the political discourse on taxation and fiscal policies in Ghana.

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