You’re desperate for 2024 come back – NPP replies Mahama
The New Patriotic Party has described as a desperate attempt of former President John Mahama to gain credibility in the sight of Ghanaians
following his promise to repeal the E-levy act.
Delivering his speech at the ‘Ghana at the crossroads’ program, the Former president reiterated his position that the tax policy is regressive.
He assured that he would stop Ghanaians from paying the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) if his party wins power in 2024.
But the governing New Patriotic Party argues that this position is at variance with policy measures contained in the 2020 manifesto of the NDC.
The Director of Communications at the NPP urged the former president to abandon his re-election bid as Ghanaians will not vote for him.
“So John Mahama is saying he will repeal E-Levy when voted back into power. How is he going to reconcile his manifesto promise to push for uniform electronic transactions? His desperation is showing seriously. You had imposed a 17.5% tax on all electronic financial transfers, the NPP repealed that. The E-levy is 1.5% per cent, a difference of 15%.”
“The entire speech was not about shoring up even the NDC, it was about shoring up John Mahama who is wilting under the heat. This is a desperate measure. He is fighting for credibility within the NDC itself. All in all, I don’t think John Mahama’s performance has been taken seriously enough to warrant his victory in the 2022 elections.”
