{"id":1046077,"date":"2022-04-05T17:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/05\/momo-vendors-panic-for-fear-of-becoming-jobless\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T17:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:48:51","slug":"momo-vendors-panic-for-fear-of-becoming-jobless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/05\/momo-vendors-panic-for-fear-of-becoming-jobless\/","title":{"rendered":"MoMo vendors panic for fear of becoming jobless\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\n                                                   Sunyani, April 05, GNA \u2013 A number of Mobile Money (MoMo) vendors\u202fin\u202fSunyani\u202fare seemingly panicking of losing their jobs as many customers are now withdrawing\u202ftheir monies in bulk without making deposits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1.21449425.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"kMediaObject\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Some of the vendors who spoke to the Ghana\u202fNews Agency (GNA) in Sunyani stated that since customers had information about the passing of\u202fthe E- levy, there had been a rush to cashing out their monies\u202fto avoid tax deduction.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, March 31 gave his assent to the E-levy law earlier passed by the Legislature on Tuesday, March 29 and thus made it operational at 1.5 per cent with effect from May 01 this year.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Mr. Apraku\u202fManu, a MoMo vendor said they were losing a lot because of panic bulk money withdrawal by their customers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">He explained hitherto customers were withdrawing their monies not in huge amounts and gradually too, saying that was helping them to get charges on transactions but now some customers were\u202fwithdrawing as much as GhC5000.00<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Mr. Manu stated a withdrawal of either GHC5000.00 or GHC1000.00\u202fby different customers attracted same charge of GhC10 which was compounding the situation of loss of commission by them, he added.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">Mr. Manu said however, that they had been sensitised and encouraged by some of the tele-communication industry operators such as MTN Ghana and Vodafone Ghana to remain calm but not to panic and concentrate on their businesses because \u201cthe E- levy is not going to affect their businesses\u201d.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kMultiLine\">According to him, the industry operators assured them \u201cthe E-levy is\u202fneither going to create unemployment nor collapse the MoMo banking businesses\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunyani, April 05, GNA \u2013 A number of Mobile Money (MoMo) vendors\u202fin\u202fSunyani\u202fare seemingly panicking of losing their jobs as many customers are now withdrawing\u202ftheir monies in bulk without making deposits. 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