Tag Archives: E-levy

The Association of Mobile Money Agents has suspended its intended demonstration scheduled to take place today, Thursday, 23 December 2021, against the government’s proposed e-levy. According to the association, the decision to suspend the strike follows parliament’s recess and its inability to receive its petition. The group also noted that …

Fatimatu Abubakar, the Deputy Information Minister, has urged the Leadership of the Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) not to act prematurely by embarking on their planned strike over the Thursday, December 23, 2021 over the yet-to-be introduced Electronic Transfer Levy. Since Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta announcement the …

Some Members of Parliament on Monday night fought following a disagreement during the voting on government’s E-levy bill. The fight ensued when the MPs were voting in a headcount to decide whether the E-levy bill should be accepted under a certificate of urgency. The Minority had attempted to stop the …

Mobile telecom operators MTN and AirtelTigo have disclosed their willingness to reduce their mobile money charges by 25%. This, according to the telcos, is to provide some relief to customers on government’s planned implementation of the the controversial e-levy. In a statement by the Ghana Telecoms Chamber to this effect, …

Leadership of the Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) has announced its intention to embark on an industrial action on Thursday, December 23. “All agents will go on strike hence all outlets will remain closed.” This was contained in a statement on Sunday, December 19 and it is in …

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday December 19 failed to touch on the controversial E-levy proposal in the 2022 budget during the New Patriotic Party’s delegate conference in Kumasi in spite of calls made to him to comment on the proposal. He gave a tall list of achievements …

A member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, John Jinapor, has disclosed that the Finance Ministry failed to present the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy) Bill for consideration. The e-levy Bill was expected to be laid before the Finance Committee in Parliament on Friday after Speaker Alban Bagbin referred it to …

Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has asked Ghanaians who do not want to pay the 1.75 e-levy to stop using Mobile Money (MoMo). He said the propanganda against the e-levy for political expediency is nauseating. He told TV3’s Komla Klutse in an interview in Parliament on …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said proceeds from the 1.75% E-Levy, proposed in the 2022 budget, would ensure that over 11 million people are employed. He noted that 58 percent of the country’s population are between 15 and 59 years, which is about 18million people. “Of this number, …

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has criticised the Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, for the position he has taken on the E-levy proposal in the 2022 budget statement. According to him, Mr Iddrisu’s posture is the kind of shifty attitudes and “dangerous flip-flopping that make …