{"id":1042574,"date":"2022-04-02T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/02\/e-levy-will-be-the-demise-of-digitisation-joselyn-dumas\/"},"modified":"2022-04-02T11:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T11:30:02","slug":"e-levy-will-be-the-demise-of-digitisation-joselyn-dumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/02\/e-levy-will-be-the-demise-of-digitisation-joselyn-dumas\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Levy will be the demise of digitisation \u2013 Joselyn Dumas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joselyn Dumas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Actress Joselyn Dumas is one of the celebrities who are opposed to the E-levy.<\/p>\n

In a post on Twitter, she revealed that since the Bill was passed on Tuesday, many people have begun withdrawing their monies from their mobile money accounts.<\/p>\n

She explained that this singular action is setting the country back to a predominantly cash system.<\/p>\n

\u201cE-Levy will be the demise of digitisation. The charges are ridiculous!\u2026 What???\u201d She wrote.<\/p>\n

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Her comments come after Parliament approved the controversial Electronic Transactions (E-Levy) Bill on Tuesday, March 29.<\/p>\n

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People are emptying their MoMo left & right. I guess we\u2019re back to Cash System in Ghana \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded. <\/p>\n

E-Levy will be the demise of digitisation. The charges are ridiculous!\u2026 What??? \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 JOSELYN DUMAS\u00ae\ufe0f (@Joselyn_Dumas) March 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

This decision was reached after the Consideration Stage was completed by a Majority-sided House on Tuesday, March 29, 2022.<\/p>\n

It was considered under a certificate of urgency.<\/p>\n

The Bill was adopted at a reduced rate of 1.5% from the initial 1.75% amid a Minority walkout.<\/p>\n

The tax, which has become a subject of debate among Ghanaians, is expected to rake in close to \u00a26 billion in tax revenue for the country.<\/p>\n

The Ghana Revenue Authority has already hinted that its structures have been revised and ready to ensure mobilisation of the income.<\/p>\n

On March 31, President Akufo-Addo signed the E-levy Bill into law.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Joselyn Dumas shared reactions from followers underneath her post.<\/p>\n

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People are emptying their MoMo left & right. I guess we\u2019re back to Cash System in Ghana \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded. <\/p>\n

E-Levy will be the demise of digitisation. The charges are ridiculous!\u2026 What??? \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\u2014 JOSELYN DUMAS\u00ae\ufe0f (@Joselyn_Dumas) March 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Some agreed with her while others held the view that paying the levy would not have been such an issue if the people would be made aware of the revenue generated and what use it has been put.<\/p>\n

Joselyn Dumas is not the only person who has expressed concern about the return to a cash system.<\/p>\n

Prior to the passage of the Bill, actress Lydia Forson noted that the introduction of the levy will push the country\u2019s digitisation plan, backwards.<\/p>\n

She indicated that there is nothing good about the levy.<\/p>\n

In a post on Twitter, she noted that citizens are already being taxed for \u201cnearly everything\u201d, but they are yet to witness the benefits.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some celebrities have already reacted to the approval of the Bill.<\/p>\n

In a tweet, comedian DKB reechoed some promises the NPP and President Akufo-Addo made to the Ghanaian public, including insisting that the country has money and the NPP could do better in managing it.<\/p>\n

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I’ll protect the public purse.<\/p>\n

Y3ti Sika so, nso 3kom di y3n.<\/p>\n

It’s wrong to tax momo.<\/p>\n

We have the men.<\/p>\n

I will not let the people of Ghana down.<\/p>\n

I am in a great hurry to deal with the problems we face as a country.<\/p>\n

I will not allow this economy to collapse under my watch.<\/p>\n

\u2014 DKB GHANA (@dkbghana) March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n