Minority Advise To Build Consensus With Majority On E-Level 

Former Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency and government spokesperson on finance, Hon. Okyem Aboagye has charged the Minority Parliament to build a consensus with the majority on the passage on the E - Levy.

“This is not about we will not accept the E -Levy Bill but you should build a consensus with the Majority of the house to establish Public Interest and Accountability Committee to ensure accountability and transparency in the management and usage of the E - Levy revenue”,  he advised the Minority in Parliament.
Hon. Okyem Aboagye disclosed this in an interview with Soiree News Nana Anfre.
The debate as to whether E - Levy should be accepted or not has begun, many people are still arguing about why the E - Levy should still not be accepted while others have also shown their support for the introduction of the E - Levy.
Speaking to Soiree News Nana Anfre, Hon. Okyem Aboagye urged Ghanaians to accept the E - Levy so that government gets more revenue embarks on more developmental projects across the country.
Electronic Transaction Levy (commonly known as Electronic Levy or E-levy) is a tax applied on transactions made on electronic or digital platforms. 
The minority and Some Ghanaians were against the levy claiming it does not serve the interest of the common people.
 In December 2021, a brawl broke out in the Parliament of Ghana as some MPs of NDC and NPP started punching, ripping shirts, kicks, and head-butting each other due to the disagreement of the E-levy bill
Ghana has been one of Africa’s fastest-growing mobile-money markets for the last half-decade.
 The value of digital transactions grew from 78 billion cedis ($12.5 billion) in 2016 to over 500 billion cedis (about $81 billion) in 2020, according to finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
 This growth is an opportunity for the government to raise 6.9 billion cedis ($1.12 billion) and boost GDP by 16% in 2022.
The proposed levy, if passed, will affect mobile money payments, bank transfers, merchant payments, and remittances into Ghana.
 The fee will be paid by those originating the transaction, except for inward remittances where the recipient pays. 
Users would have no option but to pay, considering mobile money’s widespread use in the country as a better alternative to cash.
But politicians in the minority were not going to let it slide. The finance committee’s ranking member, Ato Forson, somewhat foretold the scenes that eventually broke out. “I want to say that we in the Minority will take the fight to the plenary. We will fight for the ordinary Ghanaian and will ensure that the e-levy dies,” he said.