Member of Parliament(MP)for the Banda Constituency and First Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim has said he risks not returning to his constituency again should the proposed digital financial transactions levy in the 2022 Budget Statement is allowed to pass.
He has revealed that the youth in his constituency have given him a stern warning not to relent on his side’s opposition to the introduction of the E-levy, since any move short of its outright withdrawal would threaten their livelihoods.
Speaking in an interview this morning, the legislator said the Minority side’s opposition to the E-levy is borne out of sheer concern for ordinary Ghanaians whose livelihoods have come to practically depend on mobile money remittances and not for their partisan parochial gain.
The modifications to the 2022 Budget Statement was laid before Parliament and adopted yesterday but the Minority said they remain opposed to the E-levy, whose status remains unchanged in the document, though the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said consultations are still ongoing to amend it.
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said in Parliament yesterday that, “We believe that the E-Levy is punitive and would undermine our quest to grow a digital economy in seeking to tax transactions.
In the estimation of Ahmed Ibrahim, the E-Levy would not be the panacea to Ghana’s problems as trumpeted by the government and its assigns but would only go to finance the luxurious tastes and lifestyles of politicians if it is passed.
Banda Youth chase NDC MP; warn him over E-Levy approval
