General Secretary for the NDC, Aseidu Nketia says the party will abolish the Electronic Transaction Levy, E-levy if they win power.
He explained at the Yentua demo organized by the Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in collaboration with other groups said: "The E-levy is not taxation, it is daylight robbery".
“We are not against taxation. Taxation is for value addition. But we will not sit and watch the government to keep robbing us. The E-levy is not taxation, it is daylight robbery. The alternatives are there. Who in his right senses in this country asked the Minister for Roads to argue that we abolish the road tolls and convert the toll booths to toilets and washrooms?”.
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“We will abolish it within the first 100 days when we assume power. It is not taxation. It is daylight robbery. Taking people’s capital from their pockets,” he added.
The Coalition of Concerned Ghanaians (CCG) today, Thursday, February 10, 2022, led the protest dubbed ‘Yentua’ to express their displeasure over attempts by the government to get Parliament to approve the controversial 1.75% Electronic Transaction Levy, popularly known as E-levy.
Representatives of the various political parties, Civil Society Organizations, and other identifiable groups who joined the protest stated emphatically that they would not accept the E-Levy.