{"id":771928,"date":"2022-01-29T13:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T13:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/29\/asiedu-nketia-reveals-npps-difficulty-in-e-levy-passage-listen\/"},"modified":"2022-01-29T13:42:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T13:42:16","slug":"asiedu-nketia-reveals-npps-difficulty-in-e-levy-passage-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/29\/asiedu-nketia-reveals-npps-difficulty-in-e-levy-passage-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Asiedu Nketia reveals NPP&#8217;s difficulty in e-levy passage [Listen]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FD7ACFDD-65F7-4535-B419-79AC62E7C34A-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"General Mosquito\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johnson Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as General Mosquito, is a Ghanaian politician and the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has revealed why the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is having difficulty in passing the Electronic Transactions Levy aka E-Levy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Adom FM\u2019s morning show <strong>Dwaso Nsem<\/strong> Friday he said the NPP government cannot mobilise the 138 parliamentarians to vote for the passing of the levy because some are against the levy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am surprised the NPP keeps blaming the NDC on the levy claiming that they are preventing them. On this particular occasion, the Minority said they don\u2019t agree and therefore won\u2019t vote and not that they are preventing the NPP from voting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1205418121&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Majority carries the vote and so they should mobilise their 138 MPs and vote on the levy but I think they are finding it difficult because even their own MPs are unwilling to vote for the passing of the levy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>According to General Mosquito, he expects the Majority instead of holding town hall meetings which to him is not the solution, should try resolving the issue within their caucus and stop blaming the NDC because they also have the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC chief scribe also believes there has not been any vivid and substantial account provided by the government on previous taxes they have collected from Ghanaians since they assumed office.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Finance Minister has indicated that the move will increase the country\u2019s tax-to-GDP from 13% to a targeted 16% or more.<\/p>\n<p>But the Minority has also insisted that the tax is a tool to exacerbate the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian, which the Covid-19 pandemic has already impacted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"pz6ayuwx_cw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"E-LEVY TOWNHALL MEETINGS: TOO LATE OR BETTER LATE THAN NEVER ?: Nnawotwe Yi on Adom TV (29-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pz6ayuwx_cw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as General Mosquito, is a Ghanaian politician and the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has revealed why the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is having difficulty in passing the Electronic Transactions Levy aka E-Levy. 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