{"id":1075494,"date":"2022-05-04T08:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/04\/you-are-desperate-to-gain-credibility-buaben-asamoa-tackles-mahama-over-repeal-of-e-levy-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T08:49:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:49:39","slug":"you-are-desperate-to-gain-credibility-buaben-asamoa-tackles-mahama-over-repeal-of-e-levy-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/04\/you-are-desperate-to-gain-credibility-buaben-asamoa-tackles-mahama-over-repeal-of-e-levy-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Desperate To Gain Credibility \u2013 Buaben Asamoa Tackles Mahama Over Repeal Of E-Levy | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yaw Buaben Asamoa, Director of Communications, New Patriotic Party, NPP, reacted to former President\u00a0John Dramani Mahama&#8217;s decision to repeal the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy, E-levy.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the NDC leader is very desperate to gain credibility but he should abandon his re-election bid as Ghanaians will not vote for him.<\/p>\n<p>Buaben Asamoa explained on Accra-based Citi FM that, \u201cso John Mahama is saying he will repeal E-Levy when voted back into power. How is he going to reconcile his manifesto promise to push for uniform electronic transactions? His desperation is showing seriously. You had imposed a 17.5% tax on all electronic financial transfers, the NPP repealed that. The E-levy is 1.5% percent, a difference of 15%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire speech was not about shoring up even the NDC, it was about shoring up John Mahama who is wilting under the heat. This is a desperate measure. He is fighting for credibility within the NDC itself. All in all, I don\u2019t think John Mahama\u2019s performance has been taken seriously enough to warrant him victory in the 2022 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governing NPP government commenced the implementation of the controversial levy on May 1, 2022, despite widespread condemnation of the tax policy.<\/p>\n<p>The levy was reduced from 1.75% to 1.5% after several protests led by the opposition party, its Members in Parliament, and some civil society groups.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition NDC had indicated that the levy is a double taxation and it is counterproductive.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the &#8216;Ghana at the crossroads&#8217; lecture in Accra, former President Mahama promised to stop Ghanaians from paying the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) if his party wins power in 2024.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: ghanaweb.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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According to him, the NDC leader is very desperate to gain credibility but he should abandon his re-election bid as Ghanaians will not vote for him. 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