Ghana’s Parliament on, Friday, November 26, 2021, rejected the country’s controversial 2022 budget presented by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta.
The Budget had divided the country’s citizens including the two major political parties (New Patriotic Party, the ruling government and the National democratic congress, the opposition party) over an imposition of an electronic tax (E-tax) to be charged on all electronic transactions.
All 137 Opposition members of Parliament , who had earlier described the electronic tax as ‘’insensitive’’ voted against the budget. The opposition warned the ruling government to scrap the tax as it would worsen the plight of Ghanaians.
However, the majority who had dubbed the budget ” agyenkwa” translating’ the savior’ stagged a walk out of Parliament.
Meanwhile, leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) described the 1.7% ‘’e-levy as a step in the right direction’’ whiles Graduates Students Association of Ghana (GRASSAG) dissociates itself from NUGS position on the matter.
