Kwame Jantuah, a legal practitioner and member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has praised President John Dramani Mahama for fulfilling his campaign promise to abolish the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy).
According to Jantuah, the E-Levy was “a theft” from Ghanaians, as it failed to produce the promised results.
Speaking during a panel discussion on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey, Jantuah slammed the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), claiming the introduction of the E-Levy contributed to their defeat in the 2024 election.
He praised President Mahama for sticking to his promise, noting the E-Levy’s abolition is a positive move.
He said, “The e-levy was theft on the people’s money and it’s a good thing it went. 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. They scrapped tolls and now look at the state of some of our roads.”
He added, “I will congratulate President Mahama for sticking to his promise because the e-levy was part and parcel of the NPP losing the election. If they had listened at the time, if Ken Ofori Atta had listened to the people at the time, they could have amended in a way that could be accepted by the people.”
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) announced the E-Levy’s abolition, effective April 2, 2025, following the President’s assent to the relevant acts.
Financial institutions have been asked to cease applying the levy and process refunds for deductions made beyond the abolition date, with non-compliant entities facing sanctions.
