The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has called on Ghanaians to reject the stance of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on the proposed E-levy.
Mr. Boadu insisted that the NDC, despite being opposed to the policy now, will never scrap the tax should they come to power. According to him, the NDC will rather increase it when they come to power.
Members of the Minority in Parliament have lambasted the government against the introduction of the e-levy.
They have insisted that the levy is regressive and would compound the suffering of the masses.
The Minority has thus warned that it will vote against it during the passage of the 2022 budget statement.
However, Mr. Boadu speaking on OTEC FM’s afternoon political show dubbed ‘ Dwabrem’ on Thursday, November 25, 2021, said the NDC believes the tax is an innovative way of raising government revenue.
He is thus asking Ghanaians to reject their stance against the e-levy.
“When we were bringing the ‘Talk Tax’, they kicked against it. They demonstrated against it but at the end of the day when they came to power, they didn’t remove it. They rather increased it because it was an innovative way of raising revenue.”
“So I believe that they believe this is an innovative way of raising revenue and I can assure Ghanaians that they will never withdraw this tax when they come to power. So Ghanaians should ignore them,” he told the programme’s host Dr Cash
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com
