Jantuah says President Mahama fulfilled his promise of removing e-levy that caused NPP’s fall
Member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Lawyer Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah, has praised President John Dramani Mahama for fulfilling his campaign promise to abolish the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy), a tax he has long opposed.
Describing the policy as “theft on the people’s money,” Jantuah voiced his approval during a panel discussion on Morning Starr, where he condemned the levy and the administration that implemented it.
“The e-levy was theft on the people’s money and it’s a good thing it went,” he said, slamming the policy for falling short of expectations.
Jantuah criticized the rationale behind the tax, saying it was presented as a silver bullet for economic transformation but failed to deliver. “At the time, what did they tell us? E-levy was the be-on to end-all of Ghana. It was going to do so many things for Ghana, things that we couldn’t do with tolls, so they scrapped tolls,” he remarked. “They scrapped tolls and now look at the state of some of our roads.”
He argued that the E-Levy, introduced despite widespread public resistance, became a major political liability for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), ultimately contributing to their electoral defeat.
“I will congratulate President Mahama for sticking to his promise because the e-levy was part and parcel of the NPP losing the election,” Jantuah said.
He also pointed fingers at former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta for ignoring public concerns. “If they had listened at the time, if Ken Ofori-Atta had listened to the people at the time, they could have amended it in a way that could be accepted by the people.”