A presidential staffer and a member of the communications team of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) needs to show some respect to the people of Ghana by telling the people what their plans are for the country instead of making noise about the vision of the flagbearer of the NPP.
He mentioned that the NDC has been jittery following the address delivered by the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, February 7.
Dennis Aboagye wrote on his X page (formerly Twitter): "Obviously, yesterday’s speech from the vice president has truly gone under the skin of the NDC, and they are jittery. Dr. Bawumia spoke for just under 2 hours, and yet he managed to outline cogent, clear, and specific 70 policies under 20 major pillars as a path towards the next chapter of Ghana’s development."
“John Dramani Mahama has been campaigning since May 2023, and yet, as of today, he has not been able to clearly state what his solutions are for the future of this country. I think what the NDC needs to do is show some respect to the people of Ghana by telling the people what their proposition is, just as the NPP has done. If they choose not to but continue in this comedy, that’s fine. The people are watching and would do the needful at the right time.”
Dr. Bawumia had stated categorically that he would abolish the tax on electronic financial transactions, the e-levy, if elected President of Ghana.
The controversial tax was introduced in 2022, and prior to the introduction, Vice President Bawumia had declared his opposition to levies on electronic financial transactions in an interview.
Delivering his first major address to the nation after his election as NPP flagbearer, during which he gave broad policy outlines of a Bawumia Presidency, Dr. Bawumia minced no words in declaring his opposition to taxes on electronic financial transactions, declaring that he will abolish e-levy as President.
Dr. Bawumia added that his bid for a digital and cashless Ghana will be significantly boosted if the e-levy is abolished.
Dr. Bawumia said, “To move towards a cashless economy, however, we have to encourage the population to use electronic channels of payment. To accomplish this, there will be no taxes on digital payments under my administration. The e-levy will therefore, be abolished."
Source: Kobina Darlington/peacefmonline.com
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We’re worried of the deceitful characters like Bawumia and yourself plotting to deceive in as much to Hold on to power.Peope like you and your Chop bar analysis have nothing to offer this country except stealing for your personal gains
How can a man present alternative ideas to what his own government is currently doing, of which he is a cardinal member. How can any reasonable people call those credible policies? According to Elon Musk, an ldiot is the one who believes everything and anything his political party says without questioning sometimes. Yes we could have said Bawumia shared his vision with us and scrutinize them on that basis if he wasn't the current vice president. But as long as he is a key member of government and manager of the failed economy, he can't propose "alternatives" without justifying why they're not currently being implemented if he believes they're superior to the ones his government is running now. Has he proposed all of them to Akufo Addo and he rejected them all? Has he insisted to his government that those are what will take Ghana out of the mess it's in currently and the whole government and party rejected them? He should let us know if this has happened and we will all know how hypocritical and destructive the NPP and their current government is, otherwise, it's just noise he is making and another wack strategy to deceive the gulIible masses for political power, after which he will turn around to continue Akufo Addo's trajectory.