Minority leader of Parliament, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu has disclosed that the minority will contest the decision of approving the electronic levy bill by the majority in the Supreme Court.
This comes at the back of minority walked out from Parliament saying the tax is a tool to aggravate the plight of ordinary Ghanians.
In a press conference following the Bill’s approval, Mr. Iddrisu explained that there was no quorum in the House that supervised it.
For this reason, the NDC MPs have declared the vote null and void.
Therefore, “those of you who are celebrating with them that E-Levy has been passed and accordingly passed, your excitement will be short-lived”, he said.
According to the minority, they are not backing down from their bid to prevent the implementation of the e-levy.
Mr. Iddrisu added that he Parliamentary procedure was a breached in the led-up to the passage .
On Tuesday March 29, 2022 the majority in parliament approved the Electronic transaction levy bill. Parliament is now waiting on the president Akufo-Addo to assent to the approved tax
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