Freeze a tax to unfreeze the population: King Abdullah directs government to suspend kerosene tax
4th January 2023
King Abdullah of Jordan met with representatives from Aqaba, one of the country’s 12 governorates, to set an agenda for the future.
During this meeting, which took place on 2 January, His Majesty asked the Government of Jordan to freeze the tax on kerosene throughout the winter in order to help the population weather the threats of crisis that arose from a global increase and wide…