SOUND: Banda Youth chases NDC MP; warn him more than E-Levy approval

Person in Parliament(MP)for the Banda Constituency and First Deputy Group Chief Whip, Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim has said he dangers not returning to his constituency again should the proposed electronic financial transactions levy within the 2022 Budget Statement will be allowed to pass. He has exposed that the youth in his constituency have given him the stern warning not to relent on his side’s opposition towards the introduction of the E-levy, given that any move short of the outright withdrawal would jeopardize their livelihoods. Speaking within an interview this morning, the legislator said the Minority side’s opposition to the E-levy is definitely borne out of sheer worry for ordinary Ghanaians in whose livelihoods have come to virtually depend on mobile money remittances and not for their partisan parochial gain. The modifications towards the 2022 Budget Statement had been laid before Parliament plus adopted yesterday but the Group said they remain in opposition to the E-levy, whose standing remains unchanged in the record, though the Finance Minister, Tobey maguire Ofori-Atta has said consultations continue to be ongoing to amend this. Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said in Parliament the other day that, “We believe that the particular E-Levy is punitive plus would undermine our pursuit to grow a digital economy within seeking to tax transactions. Within the estimation of Ahmed Ibrahim, the E-Levy would not function as the panacea to Ghana’s issues as trumpeted by the authorities and its assigns but might only go to finance the particular luxurious tastes and life-style of politicians if it is handed down. Source: MyNewsGh. com|| EDWARD CULLEN AMAGYEI NAASO|| 2021
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