‘We Are Going To Pass The E-levy Bill Despite Opposition’ – Nana Addo

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has acknowledged that his authorities will see to it that the controversial e-levy invoice that has been rejected by Ghanaians shall be handed finally.

He made this recognized in a latest submission the place he acknowledged that it has grow to be mandatory for his authorities to place measures in place to account for a number of the bills the federal government made in the course of the warmth of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing conventional leaders from Dzodze within the Volta area on Tuesday, 1st February 2022, he stated;

“Revenues throughout 2020/2021 went down significantly due to the slowing down of the financial actions that got here from the COVID-19. On the similar time, authorities, with a view to hold the nation going, did incur some expenditures on the free water, the free electrical energy. These had been the unavoidable bills that the federal government needed to make.

These are the efforts that we at the moment are making that are being resisted by the opposition however we’ll try to shut the hole. That’s the reason it has grow to be mandatory for us to make use of these measures like this well-known tax which has triggered a lot pointless disputation; however, we’d proceed.

I’m decided to persevere to make it possible for we discover the means to deal with a number of the points.”

Supply: PressInformant