The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has changed his hardline position for the scrapping of the 1.7% E-levy from the 2022 budget.
The Tamale South legislator says he will be able to accommodate a 1% E-levy instead of the original 1.7%.
According to him, his latest position on the controversial E-levy was because the finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and the minister of state at the finance ministry, Charles Adu Boahene, have convinced him on the need for the E-levy.
“E-levy, a week ago, I was no no no, we want to accept E-levy but haven’t listened to officials in government, including the minister of finance and Charles Adu Boaahen, I was convinced to accept a departure from my original no to accepting a 1% E-levy for the good of the country,” he said,
“And therefore if the government is able to accept 1% and reach out and say I want to amend the electronic levy act by 1%, I would have difficulty convincing my constituency but I take full responsibility because that should be my contribution to fiscal consolidation to ensuring that the economy doesn’t collapse on any of us going into the future,” he added.
He made the comments on the 10th anniversary of the Ghana Telecommunication Chambers forum held in Accra.
The E-levy has drawn widespread resistance among Ghanaians and policy think tanks who have described it as inimical to Ghana’s digitization drive.
The E-levy also featured strongly as one of the conditions that led the Minority in parliament to reject the budget before it was reversed by the majority on Tuesday.
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