Chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas, Dr Steve Manteaw, has told the government to listen to the people who have raised concerns against the introduction of the E-levy.
He explained that the government is acting on behalf of the people of this country therefore, if the same people are opposed to the policy proposal, it is only right that the authority listens to them by dropping it from the budget.
Dr Manteaw further indicated that there are several avenues in which the government can generate the required revenue for development.
He mentioned cutting down waste and and also fighting corruption as some of the ways that can be done.
He told 3news.com in an interview that “if people the majority of the people are against it the government has to listen to them, you are acting in their interest and if they are not ready to pay the E-levy you cannot force them.
“If it will take IMF to instill sanity into our economic management, so be it. The situation we find ourselves would have been avoided if government listened a little bit to concerns raised about SHS financing, corruption, and profligate lifestyle of the president.”
GhanaFeed.com