National Communications Officer of the opposition NDC, Sammy Gyamfi has reiterated the party’s position that it will abolish the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) when they win the 2024 General Elections.
According to Sammy Gyamfi, the position of the NDC that the E-levy is bad news, obnoxious and double taxation remains unchanged.
Due to the hardships the implementation of the levy will bring on Ghanaians, the leadership of the NDC are of the firm resolve that they will abolish the levy should they win the elections in 2024.
Sammy Gyamfi, who was speaking on Accra-based JoyNews on Wednesday explained that “the General Secretary of the party has already said so. He’s my boss. He’s the Chief Executive Officer of the party, [and] he has said so. And I believe that he has the blessing of the leadership of the party, and that is a party position, that we do not subscribe to the E-levy, and we will not continue to take E-levy from Ghanaians should power change hands.”
He therefore assured the people of Ghana that since the NDC has committed to bring honesty and sanity in the country’s political space hence they will not relent on this commitment.
“Because we need to bring honesty to the politics we do in this country. If the E-levy is bad now, it cannot be good in 2025. And I believe that the NDC will stand by that position the General Secretary has announced. I’m even looking for a situation where that will be captured expressly in our 2024 manifesto”, he stated.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has indicated that the E-levy will be fully implemented next month following the passage of the Bill by parliament and the subsequent assent by President Akufo-Addo.
The anticipated impact of the full implementation of the controversial levy on the downward trend on the value of transactions on the Momo platform is currently unclear.
