The country’s road building would have benefited from the electronic transaction levy, according to Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah, if the necessary funding had been provided.
The minister lamented that the sector’s failure to start construction projects was due in part to a lack of funding.
The minister reportedly said those things on August 30, 2022, when he appeared before the Government Assurances Committee of Parliament, according to sources from myjoyonline.com.
“One of the key areas of the E-Levy was the road sector. So, if it had been, for instance, supported it could have helped,” he said.
Data from the Finance Ministry revealed that the electronic transaction levy raked in ¢93.7million as of July 25, 2022, away from the projected ¢4.7million target.
The roads minister also added that his outfit had not received all amounts allocated to them in the 2022 budget.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Joseph Asare
