The Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has said: “You will be surprised how many of our NPP officers at the local level are not talking enough about the government’s policy, especially e-levy”.
“I was at a funeral and I took the time to speak to a lot of people. The NPP in the community is not stepping out to project the NPP”, he complained to journalists at a press conference in Kumasi, Ashanti Region on Friday, 18 February 2022.
“They must step out and boldly project the party and its achievements. It is very important”, the former Adentan MP charged.
In his view, “Many many people have accepted the e-levy in principle” but “they still need to be spoken with and the engagement must continue”.
“We, members of the NPP, ought to be talking more about the e-levy at the local level”.
“So some of the information may not be very very clear but the reason for the e-levy, we believe at the national level, at the government level, is clear and it is an opportunity to transform local indigenous capital into local production, creating high important skills and then you have high-paying private-sector jobs”, he said.
In his view, the “e-levy will act as a catalyst to drive private sector investment – both local and foreign – into the productive areas of our economy”.
If passed, Ghanaians will be paying 1.75 per cent as levy for some electronic transactions.
While the government is pushing for it, the opposition in parliament continues to fight it.
Source: Classfmonline.com