A section of Ghanaians have reacted “negatively” to the newly introduced “E-Levy” (Electronic Levy), a proposal that was captured in the 2022 Budget.
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, during the 2022 Budget Statement presentation on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, said effective January 1, 2022, the government would impose a 1.75 per cent levy on mobile money, bank transfers, merchant payments, inward remittances and other digital transactions, with exemptions on transactions that add up to GH¢100 or less a day, approximately GH¢3000 a month.
Mr Ofori-Atta said with the removal of road tolls, some percentage of the e-levy revenue would be used to support road infrastructure development as well as improvement in public transportation, including the purchase of buses.
In the wake of this news, countless social media users began flooding the internet with messages expressing disappointment in the governing New Patriotic Party. According to them, this new policy totally shifts from the stance of this government prior to the 2020 general elections. Below are some the messages they put out;
