Ghana’s main opposition leader pledged to renegotiate the IMF program to lower taxes and ease loan repayments if elected next month. He criticized the current program, stating that the government is focused on increasing taxes rather than cutting expenditures, making Ghana less appealing for business. Proposed measures include raising the value-added tax by 2.5 percentage points to 15% and implementing a growth and sustainability levy capped at 5% on pre-tax profits.