Tag: Parliament
IMF watching events in Ghana after passage of anti-LGBTQ Bill
The International Monetary Fund said it’s monitoring events in Ghana after lawmakers passed a bill seeking up to three years in jail for people...
How a hotel was designated as 1D1F and granted $4 million...
In December 2022, Parliament granted a US$4 million tax waiver under the One District (1D1F), One Factory programme to 4-Mac Limited, a company that...
TikTok faces probe in Kenya
Kenyan lawmakers will investigate the use of TikTok in the East African nation after they received a petition demanding the social media platform be...
Nigerian Parliament halts social media KYC directive to banks
The Nigerian House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to temporarily halt the implementation of an earlier directive to use...
29 million SIM cards successfully registered – Minister
Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has informed Parliament that almost 29 million SIM cards have been successfully registered since the commencement of...
E-Levy reduced to 1%, good or BAD?!
The controversial and infamous electronic transfer levy (e-levy) has been reduced from 1.5% to 1%, but it is yet to be implemented. The reduction was...
E-Levy Bill passed
The controversial electronic transfer levy (e-levy) Bill has been passed into law via a voice vote in Parliament.This means government now has the clearance...
Parliament to reconvene today on E-LEVY after MPs fought during voting
Parliament will later today, Tuesday, December 21, 2021, reconvene in pursuit of a resolution as to whether the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) should be...
GHS241.9 million E-LEVY monitoring deal suspended
The GHS241.9 million deal originally awarded to Ghanaian FinTech, ExpressPay to monitor the collection of the controversial electronic transaction levy (E-Levy) has been cancelled,...
BREAKING NEWS: Minority Leader wants E-Levy to be 1%, up to...
The Minority Leader in Ghana's Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu is calling for the controversial yet to be implemented electronic transaction levy (E-Levy) to be reduced...