Kwabena Agyei Agyepong
A former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has admonished President Akufo-Addo to take drastic measures to curb the country’s current economic woes.
Such drastic actions, he indicated, would also go a long way to boost the dwindling confidence of Ghanaians in the country’s current leadership.
Take decision
In a interview on Kesseben FM/TV’s, the former NPP General Secretary said the onus and power lied in the hands of President Akufo-Addo to make decisions that would cause effective economic rebound.
“I have nothing against Ken Ofori-Atta [Finance minister] as a person, but I’m a patriot of this country and when things are not going right, it’s our responsibility to give sound advice. I think the President should listen to voices of reasoning. I don’t hate the government but we’ve reached a stage were some actions need to be taken. Because when confidence starts draining out of the economic environment, then some action has to be taken to stem the decline and it has to be drastic,” he reiterated.
He further asserted: “If you have a finance ministry that comes to tell the Ghanaian people that if we adopt e-levy, with an estimate of Gh¢6-7 billion, and months down the line you tell us that, government can’t recoup even Gh¢ 6,000 and you go so wide off the mark of your estimate, then there’s something wrong. Then you have to accept responsibility that you’ve got it wrong”.
E-Levy
The Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy), a 1.5% tax on all electronic transactions, went into effect on May 1, 2022 amongst considerable uncertainty and controversy.
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