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‘Your Excitement Will Be Short-lived’ – Minority In Parliament Hints Of Challenging E-Levy Passage At Supreme Court

The Minority is not backing down on their bid to prevent the implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) Bill. Parliament is now waiting on President Akufo-Addo to assent to the approved tax.   The Majority in Parliament approved the E-Levy after the Minority walked out saying the tax is …

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Parliament Passed E-Levy: Full List Of Transactions To Be Affected And Exempted

Parliament is now waiting on President Akufo-Addo to assent to the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) Bill. The Majority inapproved the E-Levy after the Minority walked out saying the tax is a tool to exacerbate the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian.     Today’s decision was reached after the Consideration Stage …

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Video: Gravely Ill Chieftaincy Minister, Kojo Kum Ferried To Parliament In An Ambulance To Assist In passing Of E-Levy

Ambulance in Parliament on Tuesday, March 29 has raised suspicions that bedridden Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and MP for Ahanta West, Ebenezer Kojo may have been brought in to help the Majority pass the E-Levy.   A former deputy minister of communications, Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has wondered …

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Group To Akufo-Addo: Resign If You Can’t Govern Without E-Levy

Members of the Citizens Movement for Good Governance (CMoGG), a citizen pressure group, is calling on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to vacate the Presidency if they cannot manage the economy without the E-levy. The group said, “we are asking you and …

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Ken Ofori-Atta Admits Road Tolls Cancellation Has Cost Government

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has admitted that government’s cessation of collection of road tolls prior to the approval of the 2022 Budget has become a threat to the government’s revenue generation efforts. Speaking at a town hall meeting held in the Volta Region on Friday, the Minister said the appropriation …

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Audio: NPP MP Down With Stroke – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has stated the Majority side in Parliament will still not be able to have all its members pass the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy).   “The whole business of trying to use the game of numbers in this …

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Ghana’s Economy At Crossroads: E-LEVY Or IMF?

The Electronic Transaction Tax (E-Levy) has become a household name dominating the Ghanaian airspace in the last couple of weeks. The government has so far done a lot in its bid to pass the levy but is met with strict resistance from the citizens and the opposition members of parliament …

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Afenyo-Markin: Evacuation Of Ghanaians From Ukraine The More Reason We Need E-levy

The deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged the Minority in Parliament to support the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) to ensure government has the needed resources to run the affairs of the country, including evacuation of the many Ghanaians stranded in Ukraine. According to Mr. Afenyo-Markin, the …

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Kumasi Traders: Implementing E-Levy Will Collapse Our Businesses

For years, traders who carried a lot of cash on them on long-distance travels to purchase goods complained about incessant attacks by armed robbers. However, the situation drastically changed when they switched to using mobile money transfers. As they are overly reliant on mobile money now, some traders at Racecourse, …

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#Yentua: NDC Youth Wing Hits Accra Streets To Protest Against E-levy [videos + Photos]

The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit the streets of Accra to protest against the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) being pushed for by government implementation. The opposition party members are also registering their displeasure against the government’s inability to resolve the ongoing University Teachers Association of …

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