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Political tension gathering, Arise Ghana has introduced a request to the Ministry of Finance requesting that the public authority takes "realistic moves toward ease the enduring individuals of Ghana".
The gathering says it believes that the public authority should drop the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-demand) right away and furthermore do whatever it may take to decrease expansion and capture the deterioration of the cedi to assist with carrying alleviation to the Ghanaian public.
The gathering is additionally encouraging the public authority to find dire ways to eliminate requires and burdens which it says have prompted soaring fuel costs and significant expense of food.
"We approach the Ministry of Finance to scrap the E-Levy that is forcing more difficulty on individuals of Ghana and siphoning their capital or more all taking our reserve funds," a main individual from the gathering, Bernard Mornah said prior to introducing the request to two representative pastors of Finance, John Kumah and Abena Osei Asare on Tuesday.
"The service ought to find dire ways to guarantee that expansion is carried down to the barest least to permit the poor with little pay to bear the cost of essential products," they added.
The gathering likewise maintains that the public authority should halt from once again introducing the Agyapa bargain in parliament and lessen joblessness among the adolescent. Mr Mornah said albeit the appeal was addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, the Finance Ministry was best positioned to manage its interests.
Reaction
Subsequent to getting the request, a Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei Asare guaranteed us that the public authority was at that point doing whatever it takes to carry financial help to Ghanaians and had previously met important partners on the issues.
She said the financial difficulty Ghanaians were going through was brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.
She likewise offered thanks to the protestors and the security administrations for guaranteeing an episode free
The protestors walked to Parliament House to introduce one more duplicate of the request to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.
Parliament gets appeal
At the Parliament House in Accra, the request was gotten for the Speaker of Parliament by the Majority chief, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu.
Mr Iddrisu said Parliament would observe the items in the request and address them He likewise praised the protestors and security faculty for defending a serene dissent.
Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said: "We have noticed the worries that you raised including matters connecting with charges, and renaming of the Achimota timberlands, joblessness and expansion."
He encouraged the protestors to exhibit calmly, adding that the request would be thought of and tended to properly. demonstrationTuesday.
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