George Kwadwo Ayisi, a member of the communications team for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has explained that the introduction of the Electronic Levy(E-levy) and other taxes were as a result of the exigencies at the time.

During a panel discussion on TV3's NewDay monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Kwadwo Ayisi stated that the introduction of some taxes were to stabilize the economy. "Our half-year of growth is about 5.9% and that's good.

The streams of revenue are also going up and that's positive.

But now we have re-strategized" he explained.