Mahama’s Promise To Scrap E-Levy Just A Political Talk- NPP
Former President John Mahama’s promise to eliminate the E-Levy if re-elected in 2024 has been branded “a fraud” by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
According to the New Patriotic Party, Mahama and his NDC are the only options for picking a path forward at a fork in the road because they cannot be trusted to lead the country to prosperity.
Yaw Buaben Asamoa, the NPP’s national communications director, said at a news conference in Accra on Wednesday (4 May 2022), “Just like the one-time premium and the repeal of talk tax that John Mahama and his NDC promised, but failed to implement when they were in power, this promise is just a political talk.”
“In any event, can John Mahama explain the difference in his 17.5% tax on financial transactions and his manifesto pledge to impose a uniform tax on all electronic transactions? Are these measures E-Levy in disguise and does he stand by them? If we reflect deeply, We will accept, as the records show, that significant change to our political institutions and conduct, economic structure and management and positive social impact, has mostly happened under the NPP’s watch,” Buaben Asamoa said.
He added: “Under John Mahamas’ leadership, Ghana will slip backwards into chaotic incompetence. Just like his autobiography tells all, he cannot take decisions. As he says in his book, he will ride this country like a bicycle, out of control and dangerously downhill, merely hopeful of survival.
