John Mahama has assured Ghanaians that the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 2025, will officially cancel the E-Levy act. He spoke at the "Ghana at Crossroads" event organized by the NDC on May 2, 2022.
According to him, the E-levy is only a distortionary and burdensome tax that only forces Ghanaians to pay more while suffering.
John Mahama recounted that unfortunately in the face of this self-induced economic catastrophe, this government against all sound advice has decided to introduce the E-Levy that heaps more burden on the already burdened Ghanaian.
"A new National Democratic Congress government, God willing, with the votes of the sovereign people of Ghana, in 2025 will repeal the E-Levy act, he said when he addressed Ghanaians on the theme 'Ghana At A Crossroads', on Monday, May 2, 2022."
Even as this government remains fixated on taxing its way out of economic mismanagement, the government has been wasteful. They have failed to demonstrate prudence in public financial management.
Ghanaians cannot be called upon to pay more taxes only for the accruing money belonging to the people of Ghana, to be dubiously and wastefully shared among family and friends through various fraudulent procurement practices, he added.