Ken Ofori-Atta
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta today moved the motion for the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy also known as E-levy in Parliament, DGN Online can report.
This was contained in a statement presented to the House on the E-levy on Tuesday March 29, 200.
Ken Ofori-Atta stated in his conclusion statement that “I therefore move the motion for the passage of the E-levy.”
Without wasting much time, the Member of Parliament for Obuasi West in the Ashanti Region, Kwaku Kwarteng seconded the motion.
But the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu rose against the motion.
According to him, they could not deliberate on it because they did’nt have access to the the report.
He was supported by Tamale Central lawmaker, Murtala Mohammed.
However, the Speaker Alban Bagbin ruling on the matter indicated that “The copies of the report are being distributed now, I don’t think it is proper for us to suspend sitting, I will give you time to read the report to make meaningful contribution.”
By Vincent Kubi