NPP’s Tema West MP Says, If You Are Broke And Can’t Pay E-Levy Then Stop Using MoMo

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West constituency, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has said Ghanaians who do not want to pay the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) should avoid using Mobile Money Services.

Responding to the Justice for Ghana protestors who were in Parliament to picket, the MP stated that the E-levy is targeting people who have the opportunity and ability to send money through that system and not the poor.

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The former Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry stressed that Ghanaians must embed in themselves a tax culture through which the government can develop the nation.

โ€œIt is not a compulsory tax, if you donโ€™t do MoMo you donโ€™t pay so if you donโ€™t want to pay donโ€™t do MoMo, itโ€™s as simple as that,โ€ he reiterated.

He continued that

โ€œWhat I am telling them is that they donโ€™t seem to understand what is going on. They should forget about what they are doing and rather letโ€™s see how we can assist the government to run this country.โ€

โ€œThis budget that we are talking about, an amount of $5million is coming from the E-levy thing to as it were support the expenditures. If we decide that we donโ€™t want the E-levy anymore, so the government should take it out. It means that the government has to go and borrow that 5million from outside to come and support the budget.โ€

โ€œThe government cannot find money anywhere unless you and I contribute into the kitty for the development we are looking for. Everybody want good road and free school thus free education. Where does the government going to get the money from,โ€ he quizzed.

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