A member of the governing New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Communications team, Seidu Gazire Kamal has aimed a subtle dig on the Minority Caucus in Parliament questioning the locus the latter has to demand either a reduction or scrapping off of the E-Levy policy proposed by the Finance Minister in the 2022 Budget statement and Economic policy.
According to him, it was an uphill task for young men to gratify their sexual needs under the erstwhile Mahama’s administration as a result of the imposition of taxes on almost all goods in the country including condoms; a reason, the minority should stop lampooning the government. He was speaking on A1 Radio’s Daybreak Upper East show today December 6, 2021.
He added that taxes were slapped on goods such as toothpaste and cutlasses under the NDC thereby describing the latter’s criticism of the government on matters of taxes unwarranted.
“Common toothpaste that we are talking about, they taxed all these things. We didn’t complain, NPP didn’t complain. Cutlasses that they are wishing farmers today, they taxed all these things”, he added.
Meanwhile, the Minority Leader in Parliament at the launch of the 10th anniversary of the telecommunications chamber last week, indicated that he was convinced by members of government including the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta and Minister of state at the finance ministry, Charles Adu Boahen.
He said he departed from his original ‘No no’ position to a 1.% reduction of the policy.
But the minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak in a statement said the minority’s initial ‘No ‘ position remains unchanged, describing the 1.75% as a draconian tax.
Source/www.a1radioonline.com/101.1mHz/Elijah Beyeni Yenibey/Ghana
