The e-levy has started and people are already having serious issues with how their monies have been wrongfully deducted. Okudzeto Ablakwa together with some fine gentlemen from the national democratic congress filed a court suite against government after they realized that there were some irregularities in the collection of the taxes. Most of us might have realized after making transactions that people were charged amounts that they did not have any idea they would be charged and that’s because the system made errors. The Ndc’s minority caucuses who have battled government on the implementation of this tax decided to go to court.
Godfred Yeboah Dame, Ghana’s attorney general has countered the suite with a statement which reveals that the Supreme Court does not judge based on speculations. And that is why the allegations from the minority can not hold. According to him, there were no concrete evidences to show that the e-levy tax collections had irregularities ongoing that needed the attention of the Supreme Court. For many people who think the Supreme Court is doing all it can to back the president and his executives on this money-collection scheme feel there is more to what the Supreme Court is saying. According to them, there were clear deductions from account holders. However, they failed to present concrete evidence that could give them an upper hand in court.
The Ndc and it’s officials are still bent on ensuring that the e-levy is not made to work even though Supreme Court has once again agreed to its continuation. As it stands, there have been messages across social media indicating that telco networks have promised to refund transactions that were wrongfully made by close of today, 4th May. This according to many social media users affirms once again the wrongfully deducted funds from people’s accounts and makes them wonder why the Ndc’s minority failed to present enough evidence before court.
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