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AKUFO-ADDO DID NOT SEEK MY INTERVENTION IN E-LEVY IMPASSE€™ €“ MAHAMA

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2 years ago

Previous President John Dramani Mahama has invalidated claims that President Nana Akufo-Addo has looked for his intercession within the contention encompassing the E - levy Charge in Parliament.

Commenting on his Facebook page on Wednesday, the previous President shown that he has not had any discussion with the President on the controversial Charge as of now some time recently the nation’s council.

Agreeing to him, he hosted Gabby Otchere-Darko at his home at the ask of the President on December 21. Mr. Mahama said the discussion with Mr. Otchere-Darko focused on germane issues of national intrigued and not the substantive issue of the E-levy Charge.

“President Akufo-Addo did not look for my mediation within the E-levy deadlock. I gotten Gabby Otchere Darko, at his ask, at my home on Tuesday, 21st December, 2021. Among issues we talked about was the want of Ghanaians to see the two major political parties working together for the intrigued of the nation.”

Mr. Mahama included that, “We talked about, moreover, how exchange can be deployed to guarantee Parliamentary issues are concurred consensually some time recently coming on the floor to dodge what happened as of late within the House.

“We advance talked about opening channels of communication between the pioneers of the two parties counting a conceivable assembly with the President at a future date”.

He concluded by saying that, “at no time was there any dialog particularly almost the President requiring my intercession within the deadlock on the E-exact”.

On November 17, the Back Serve declared the choice of government to force a 1.75% e-exact on all electronic exchanges, from January, 2022.

The declaration has since produced arrangement of talks about with numerous calling for the approach to be disposed of. Others have be that as it may welcomed the income degree by government.

On Monday December 20, MPs from the Larger part and Minority Caucuses brawled over procedural differences in Parliament with respect to the E-require Charge.

Taking after this advancement, bits of gossip broke out that President Akufo-Addo has come to out to John Mahama to beg him to calm the pressure.

Agreeing to a few commentaries on social media, President Akufo-Addo awed upon Mr. Mahama to persuade the NDC MPs to encourage the section of the e-exact charge.

But the previous President has shown emphatically that President Akufo-Addo has not made any endeavors to request his help within the declaration of the E-exact Charge.

In the interim, Parliament on Tuesday, December 21, deferred procedures inconclusively after the chaos which happened on Monday.

Concurring to the Lion's share pioneer, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the break will make the opportunity for government to extend meetings with all pertinent stakeholders on the proposed 1.75% e-exact.


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