Legal practitioner and member of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Kwame Jantuah, has commended President John Dramani Mahama for staying true to his campaign pledge to abolish the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy), calling the tax policy "theft on the people's money." Speaking during a panel discussion on Morning Starr, Jantuah did not hold back in his criticism of the E-Levy and the government that introduced it. "The e-levy was theft on the people's money and it's a good thing it went," he said, adding that the policy failed to deliver on the promises made when it was first introduced. "At the time, what did they tell us?
E-levy was the be-on to end-all of Ghana.
It was going to do so many things for Ghana, things that we couldn't do with tolls, so they scrapped tolls," Jantuah remarked. "They scrapped tolls and now look at the state of some of our roads." The legal practitioner argued that the decision to impose the E-Levy, despite significant public opposition, contributed to the electoral defeat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). "I will congratulate President Mahama for sticking to his promise because the e-levy was part and parcel of the NPP losing the election. "If they had listened at the time, if Ken Ofori-Atta had listened to the people at the time, they could have amended it in a way that could be accepted by the people." Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Related Topics:Feature Advertisement You may like Fire ravages NDC office in Talensi; cause under investigation They were silent in power, now complaining under Mahama - A Plus slams NPP for double standards Human trafficking conviction: Bella sentenced, fugitive still on the run Adventist SHS Shooting: Victim treated currently stable Adventist SHS Shooting: Police on a manhunt for father of Juvenile suspect You'll fail if you use the previous gov't's fight against galamsey as a yardstick- Murtala Mohammed told Mahama's administration committed to using technology to fight crime - Interior Minister It's easier to abuse women online - NCCE Director raises concern Twitter tops list of platforms fueling online violence against female politicians-Report Click to comment Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published.
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