{"id":976190,"date":"2022-02-04T13:44:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/04\/ndc-to-embark-on-massive-demo-against-e-levy-others\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:44:32","slug":"ndc-to-embark-on-massive-demo-against-e-levy-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/04\/ndc-to-embark-on-massive-demo-against-e-levy-others\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC to embark on massive demo against E-Levy, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/NDC-E-levy-demo-696x696.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"NDC E levy demo\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) Youth Wing has declared its intention to embark on a massive demonstration against the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy).<\/p>\n<p>The demo dubbed <em>Yentua <\/em>to wit, <em>we won\u2019t pay<\/em> scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022, will call for the payment of workers\u2019 arrears, end to corruption, and the UTAG strike.<\/p>\n<p>The march, according to the wing, will begin from 7:00 am to midday with the<em> Obra<\/em> Spot, Kwame Nkrumah Circle as the converging point. <\/p>\n<p>A statement, signed by the National Youth Organiser, George Opare Addo, indicated it will be the first of many demonstrations planned for other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Youth Wing of NDC is convinced there is an urgent need for a mass protest to put pressure on government to rescind its desperate efforts on the electronic levy, end widespread corruption, redeem young people from mass unemployment, pay outstanding arrears to workers and end the UTAG endless strike immediately,\u201d portions of the statement read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The protesters will subsequently march to the Jubilee House to present a petition to President Nana Akufo-Addo and Speaker Alban Bagbin in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Opare-Addo, in the statement, also expressed the wing\u2019s willingness to meet the police for further deliberation on the march.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the statement below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/272907458_4923656657657130_4895828012549826877_n.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\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=\"ww3ThdZ0Ej0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akwatia-Line Fire: About 50 wooden structures serving as shops for wood dealers destroyed (3-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ww3ThdZ0Ej0?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>The National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) Youth Wing has declared its intention to embark on a massive demonstration against the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). 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