The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Michael Okyere Baafi has asked Ghanaians to change their mobile network if they want to reduce the impact of the e-levy, if it is passed.
“You are the one who pays the levy .so for instance if you are sending Ghc200 to your child at OPASS , you won’t pay tax on the first Ghc100 .so the first hundred cedis is free. The Ghc100 left is what you will pay the e-levy on. The one sending is the one who will pay the levy. Your child who is receiving will not pay anything. The Telecommunication companies in Ghana are many. We have MTN, Vodafone and Airtel Tigo. For MTN, they charge , Vodafone doesn’t charge so if you think MTN is charging too much just migrate to Vodafone. Simple”.
The lawmaker said this during a townhall meeting with market women and taxi drivers on the e-levy in Koforidua on Monday February 14,2022. The engagement was to explain into details the nexus of the e-levy bill and its benefits to accelerated development.
The MP had earlier warned that IMF could ask government to cancel Free Senior High School Policy as part of the conditionalities should Ghana run to the Bretton wood institution for support.
“If we don’t pay the E-levy and we go to the World Bank or the IMF for loans, they will ask Akufo-Addo to cancel the free SHS which will affect your children so you must all accept the E-levy and pay it so it helps all of us,” Okyere Baafi told members of his constituency during a town hall meeting.
His comments come after the Roads and Highways Minister Kwasi Amoako-Atta also promised road contractors in the country their outstanding debts will be paid in full if the controversial e-levy is passed.
“When the E-levy is implemented, the road sector will get its fair share. All contractors owed by the government will be paid. A number of deplorable roads will be fixed when the E-Levy is introduced because all contractors we owe will be paid.
