The National Youth Organizer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth Wing, Opare Addo, has urged the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to cut down on what it described as profligate spending.
Addressing the media at the NDC’s Headquarters in Accra, the National Youth Organizer for the party, called on the government to abandon the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) in order to safe Ghanaians from additional hardship the levy comes with.
“Already, Ghanaians are saddled with many taxes resulting in the increase in petroleum products, high tariffs, increase in prices of goods and service, increase in the cost of living etc. Even when Ghanaians have almost unanimously kicked against the introduction of the obnoxious e-levy, the Akufo Addo/Bawumia administration is bent on using all means possible to force it down their throats.
“In the midst of all these, there is no conscionable person in this government to counsel the President and his Cabinet that they must sacrifice by cutting down their profligate spending and bring economic respite for the poor people across the country who live in strenuous conditions,” he added.
The National Youth Organizer also called on Ghanaians to join the impending demonstration by the Coalition of Political Parties, CSOs and other groups dubbed ‘Yentua Demo.
“Instead of the NDC staging the demo, we now have an amalgamation of political parties, CSOs, other identifiable groups etc coming together under the cloak of the Coalition of Concerned Ghanaians to stage the ‘Yentua Demonstration”, he disclosed.
According to him, “No leader who has the interest of his people at heart, will seek to impose a 1.75%, soon to be a 1.5% levy on the savings of the already suffering people. This is NOT a TAX – It is Plain thievery in the league of the PDS scandal and the likes.”
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com