Nationwide ‘Yentua’ Demo To Rock Killer e-Levy From Thursday

In response to the obnoxious Electronic Transfer Tax (E-Levy) a coalition of political parties, pressure groups and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) will hit the streets to demonstrate.

The demonstration, which is expected to be nationwide, will start in Accra on Thursday so that it can ripple from the national capital to other parts of the country.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Youth Organizer, George Opare Addo told journalists on Monday that the demonstration had initially been the NDC’s idea but that the party has since had many other interest parties and groups invite themselves into the demonstration.

“The Ghanaian people have responded overwhelmingly to our call for protest. As a result of this, ladies and gentlemen, the leadership of other political parties, civil society organizations, identifiable groups and Ghanaians of all walks of life have called to join us stage this demonstration,” Opare Addo stated.

In the spirit of giving Ghanaians who have voluntarily shown support for the ‘Yentua Demonstration’, we thought it prudent that there was the need to join the NDC’s efforts to the broader movement in order to provide the space for everyone in this struggle,” Mr. Opare Addo said.

He added that because of an effort to broaden the coalition against the e-levy “and build a true umbrella of all persons and groups against the mess of this Akufo-Addo government, we are throwing our full support behind the non-partisan coalition.

“Instead of the NDC staging the demo, we now have an amalgamation of political parties, CSOs, other identifiable groups’, etc. coming together under the cloak of the Coalition of Concerned Ghanaians to stage the ‘Yentua Demonstration’”

According to him, the Police have already been notified of the demonstration and that the rationale is to among other things, back the resolution of the minority in parliament against the e-levy.