Yaw Buaben Asamoa, NPP National Communications Director and former Adenta MP, has disclosed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which is strongly opposed to the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) by the Akufo-Addo government had the levy clearly captured in their 2020 manifesto.
The E-Levy began on Sunday, May 1, 2022 amidst a few complaints of wrong charges on the electronic transactions, of which the Ghana Revenue Authority - the collection body - has acknowleged and assured the general public it will remedy the situation.
However, this E-Levy has been described by the 2020 NDC Presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, as a "repressive tax".
Mr. Mahama has pledged to repeal the E-Levy when voted into power.
"A new National Democratic Congress government, God willing and with the votes of the sovereign people of Ghana – in 2025 – will repeal the E-Levy Act. Even as this government remains fixated with taxing their way out of economic mismanagement, the Akufo-Addo government has been wasteful. They have failed to demonstrate prudence in public financial management. The people of Ghana cannot be called upon to pay more taxes only for the accruing money belonging to the people of Ghana, to be dubiously and wastefully shared among family and friends through various fraudulent procurement practices", he said while delivering a public lecture on the topic "Ghana at a crossroads" on Monday, May 2.
Yaw Buaben Asamoa, discussing the issue on Peace FM's morning show "Kokrokoo", exposed Mr. Mahama and his party.
According to him, the opposition party would have introduced the E-Levy if they had won the 2020 elections since this new tax was implicitly stated in their manifesto.
"It's in the 2020 manifesto that if they had come into power, they would introduce a uniform tax on all electronic transactions," he said, hence questioning "if this is not E-Levy, then it's NDC levy or NDC special tax. What's the essence of this special tax?"
He also added that the former President wouldn't have only introduced E-Levy but also "increased it" from the 1.5% charge by the incumbent government.
He asked Ghanaians to ignore Mahama's promise, stressing, "if Mahama or any NDC member tells you they will cancel E-Levy, it's a 419".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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IF NDC WILL REPEAL IT LET THEM HAVE IT IN THEIR MANIFESTO FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND KNOW SO IF THEY DOESN'T THEN THEY HAVE LIE TO THE WHOLE NATION . THEY SAID THAT WHEN PRESIDENT KUFOUR INTRODUCE TALK TAX BUT WHEN THEY CAME THEY NEVER CANCEL IT AND THEY CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED, GHANAIANS WIOULD NEVER BELIEVED NDC USELESSSS LOOOOOOSERS LOOOOOTERS DOESN'T WANT GHANA'S DEVELOPMENTS IN ANYWAY. EVEN BORROW TO BUILD TOILETS HOW DO THINK A WHITE PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT US AND RESPECT YOU. THEY WILL NOT TAKE US SERIOUSLY, SICK NDC. ***barred word*** MAHAMA COMING WHERE SUPREME COURT CASE THROWN OOOOOU T YO PEOPLE ABLAKWA, HURUNA, TAMACLOE ARE REAL LOOOOOOOOOO SER MAHAMA COMING WHERE PURE USE LEESSSS LOOOOOOO SERTHIS MAN JOHN THIE F MAHAMA IS COMMUNICATION MAJOR TRAINED IN USEL ESSSSSS RUSSIA DOESN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ECONOMICS AND LAW BUT WANT TO BE A LEADER AND ME SSSSS OUR ECONOMY AS HE DID DURING HIS TERM IN OFFICE SIGNED ALL KINDS OF TAKE OR PAY AGREEMENTS WITH POWER PRODUCERS AND ENI THE GAS SUPLLIER AT A HIGH COST THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. GHANA AND GHANAIANS DON'T NEED SUCH A USE LESS LOOOOOOOOOOOOO SERS WHO CANNOT GET IT AS A LOOOOOOOOO SERS NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU SPEAK TO THIS MAN IN PLAIN ENGLISH STILL DOESN'T GET IT DEAD GOA TTTT, CREATED THE GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT AND BUT STILL DOESN'T GET IT, COMPLETE DEAD GOA TTTTT... REPLY HESE USELESSSSS LOOOOOSER JOH NDRAMANI ***barred word*** MAHAMA. GHANA CANNOT GO ON THE OLD WAY IF WE WANT TO BE GLOBALLY RESPECTED, NOT TAKE US AS A JOKE PEOPLE. A NATION THAT BORROWS TO BUILD TOILETS EVEN MY SON WAS LAUGHING AT ME SO WHAT DO YOU THINK WHITE PEOPLE WILL RESPECT YOU AS A HUMAN BEING. IT A SHAME BUT NDC USELESSSSS LEADER LOOOOOSER DOEN'T KNOW BETTER.
Hey, Yaw Buaben Asamoah, are you saying everything in the 2020 manifesto of the NDC is good thus the reason why your party is also implementing it? I thought Ghanaians had the opportunity to read the manifestos of the two parties and saw that the NPP manifesto met their expectations and decided to vote for you . This equalization approach is a defeatist attitude. Ghanaians are wiser today than ever before. Today we have FM stations dotted around the whole country, people now go to farm with their radio sets, hang them on trees and listen to all that is happening while planting or weeding, they even call into radio stations from their farms. Check the 2016 elections, Ghanaians voted as if they all met at a secret location to bring down the NDC, same can happen to the NPP, if it was about money John Mahama wouldn't have lost. Ghanaians are looking for a president and appointees who are honest, humane, respectful, accessible and down to earth, irrespective of what ever difficulties they will still appreciate and maintain you in power. But to think you can deceive them by telling lies, Hahahaaaa, they won't mind you for now, they have a certain December 7 to show you where power lies, he who laugh last, laugh best. The Ghanaian voter will have the last laugh at the end when others will sit up in the middle of the night ask themselves, how did that happened. The very people you meet on your up are same people you will meet on your way down.
One of the ways to detect who a fuuuull is blame gaming and equalization as well as blind imitation. You claim NDC had E LEVY in their manifesto, granted you are correct. The same NDC was you claim would have introduced E LEVY are saying they will repeal it, what is you problem? You are now in government, NDC is in opposition.