The Minority in Parliament has asserted that the government led by John Mahama is seizing GH¢5.6 billion from the citizens of Ghana.
The minority termed the GH¢1 tax on petroleum products as a theft in the night.
The minority states that the dumsor Levy has an actual impact of 8% per transaction, exceeding the 1% per transaction of the E-Levy.
He claimed that the E-levy aimed to generate around GH¢2 billion, but the dumsor levy will extract ¢5.6 billion from Ghanaians.
Speaking to the media, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the member of parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi stated, “The E-Levy was advertised in the budget and followed up with town hall. It was neither advertised in the budget nor on the main order paper for the day. That is why we say that this amounts to midnight robbery.
The E-Levy had an effective rate of 1% per transaction, yet it was described as pickpocketing. This Dumsor Levy has the effective effect of 8% per transaction, which is why we say that it is midnight robbery”.
He added, “The E-Levy was designed to yield approximately GH¢2 billion from persons who elected to do transfers or transactions. This government is taking GH¢5.6 billion from the pockets of Ghanaians, and we think it is very dishonest”.
“The day the E-levy was repealed, majority leader, Mahama Ayariga was on his feet on the floor of parliament shouting that the Government has put 2million cedis back into the pocket of Ghanians, now this Dumsor levy is taking from Ghanaians over 5.7billion cedis for this fiscal… pic.twitter.com/d23uKXo8sS
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