Asiedu Nketia reveals NPP’s difficulty in e-levy passage
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has revealed why the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is having difficulty in passing the Electronic Transactions Levy aka E-Levy.
Speaking to the media, he said the NPP government cannot mobilise the 138 parliamentarians to vote for the passing of the levy because some are against the levy.
According to him, he is surprise that, the NPP keeps blaming the NDC on the levy claiming that they are preventing them but on this particular occasion, the Minority said they don’t agree and therefore won’t vote and not that they are preventing the NPP from voting.
He added that, the Majority carries the vote and so they should mobilize their 138 MPs and vote on the levy but he thinks they are finding it difficult because even their own MPs are unwilling to vote for the passing of the levy.
The NDC chief scribe also believes there has not been any vivid and substantial account provided by the government on previous taxes they have collected from Ghanaians since they assumed office.
….ASIEDU NKETIAH….
Fire razes down Aboabo market in the Northern Region
Dozens of shops have been burned down at the Aboabo Market in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale.
Major shops like the Ganorma Agro Chemical Store in the Tamale Metropolis, worth millions of Ghana Cedis were also destroyed in the fire.
According to some of the affected traders, the fire started around 5 am on Saturday January 29 from one of the wooden shops and spread to other structures containing agrochemicals.
They added that, they have lost all their goods as results of the inferno hence call on the authorities to intervene.
.…TRADERS…..
The acting Public Relations Officer for GNFS in the Northern Region, Assistant Divisional Officer Grade 2 Baba Hudu, said the timely intervention by his men helped curtail the fire. He says it could have been worse.
According to him, they had to call for three more fire tenders making it four tenders plus a private water tank to be able to fight the fire.
….DO 2 BABA ….
Appiatse explosive: Only victims will be catered for- MP
Member of Parliament for Prestea Huni Valley, Hon. Robert Wisdom Cudjoe has revealed that, some people who were not affected by the explosion have added their names to the victim list.
According to him, about 840 people were affected but the name has reached 1000 hence call on all people who were not affected to remove their names from the list.
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources have launched a support fund to provide assistance to persons affected by the fatal explosion which occurred at Appiatse, near Bogoso.
Mr. Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, who launched the fund in Accra, also outdoored a five-member committee to manage the fund by raising sufficient money and supervising its disbursement.
Hon. Robert Wisdom added that, the law will deal with any culprit whose name is found on the list without been affected by the explosion.
He noted that, the committee will help trace the location of anyone who got lost during the explosions.
A total of 14 people confirmed dead during the Appiatse explosion.
The incident which occurred as a result of an accident involving a truck conveying explosives for a mining company, a motorcycle and a third vehicle close to an electricity transformer, reduced the town of Appiatse to rubble, killing inhabitants and injuring scores.
…HON. WISDOM….
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