Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and majority leader of Parliament, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, says he believes that his "Grand Pa" John Dramani Mahama won't scrap the E-levy policy as he captured in his "Ghana at Crossroads" lecture.
He explains that the former president will only continue to use the money for the development of the country as it is being started by President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he recounted how the NDC failed to cancel various money making policies that were introduced by the previous NPP government when they took power from them.
"It is captured in one of the parliamentary Hansard that the NDC was going to abolish the Communication Service Tax (CST) when they took power. But what did they do when they eventually won power?" he said.
According to him they increased it because they realized it was very beneficial to the development of the country.
"Like the developed countries, Ghana cannot be over dependent on other countries who are using tax to develop their country. We should find means to tax and use the money for the country's development. Whenever we go for cabinet meetings and other government functions, every body wants his or her road constructed whilst others demand for basic social amenities.
"How can we develop as a country when we always want to look to the west for money for the country's development. We should be self income generating country to be able to cater for our own infrastructural needs," he maintained.
As for my "Grand Pa" John Mahama, I am sure his insatiable quest to come to power is making him make promises he can't even fulfill, he said.
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Supreme Court In a Unanimous 7-0 Decision Dismisses Minority MPs’ Injunction Case Against E-levy
By a unanimous 7-0 decision, the Supreme Court has dismissed the application for an injunction against the implementation of the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy).
The apex court has also directed the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to preserve the records generated since the levy’s implementation on May 1, 2022.
In response to the ruling, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, said he is satisfied with the Court’s directive to the GRA until the substantive case is determined.
The Tamale South MP described this part of the Supreme Court’s ruling as “refreshing and heartwarming.”
“At least some people will not be in a rush to collateralize it until the substantive matter is determined. We raised this matter because it is of public interest, constitutional significance,” he told the press after the ruling.
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GHANAIANS DON'T STOP DIGITIZATION I HAVE READ THAT SINCE MTN WENT TO NIGERIA THEY HAVE JUMP ON MOBILE MONEY PAYMENTS , TRANSFERS, ETC. AND SOON THAT NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT KEEP COPING GHANA WILL HAVE E-LEVY IF IT IS A BAD THING AS NDC FOOOO LS HAVE MADE IT LOOK LIKE IS BAD. GHANAIANS PAY YOUR TAXES AND STOP CRISING ENOUGH OF THAT. CURRENCY GLOBALLY FLUATUATES BUT IT ALWAYS YOUR BALANCE OF TRADE THAT CHANGE THE CURRENCY STRENGTH. HOW MANY ADDED VALUE DOES GHANA EXPORT. WE KEEP IMPORTING RICE WHICH IT CAN BE GROWN IN GHANA EASILY,WE IMPORT WHEAT WHICH CAN EASILY GROW IN GHANA JUST LIKE EQYPT, BRASIL, OR ANY TROPICAL NATION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. SO WE ARE SICK AS A NATION WE MUST SMARTUP AND STOP THE NOISE EVERYTIME WHICH IS NPOT HELPING.NDC SO IGNOOOOOOORANT, LOOOOOOOOSERS THEY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTANT THE CONSTITUTION, CANNOT EVEN INTERPRATE THE LAW. AGAIN INEVERYTHING THEY HAVE NO SOLUTION EXCEPT CRITISIMS SUCH LOOOOOOSERS LEADERS AND LOOOOOTERS. JOHN MAHAMA IS RUSSIAN COMMUNICATION MAJOR NOTHING ABOUT LAW. MOST CORRUPTIONS IS PRACTISE IN RUSSIA.
Pot calling the kettle black! How long has he been in leadership in parliament, who is more insatiable with power?
Nana K. Bam. Indeed they are not only the same, they are identical twins hoodwinking vulnerable and poor Ghanaians for their selfish interests. If democracy is what we have been witnessing in Ghana since 1992, then democracy is not good at all. If democracy is about a few people whose work nobody knows can pay themselves exgratia every 48 months as against a civil servant, nurses, teacher, lecturer who 35 years of hard work pension can't build him or her a decent house then democracy is not good. If democracy is about working for 4 years as a politician is better than working for 35 years in other sectors of government, then democracy is not good. If democracy is about someone who is occupying a chamber and hall room his father used 15 years to build and on becoming a so called politician in 48 months he now builds a house which has become a tourist attraction, then democracy is not good. If 48 months work in same public sector ie government work can fetch someone much more as against another person who's 30 years work can't fetch him even 1/10 of that much, then democracy is not good. If democracy is about waiting until Election Day if if things are moving from bad to worse nothing can be done until elections are due then democracy is not good.
NPP did same on CST and VAT..... all of u are the same