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General News of Tuesday, 21 December 2021

    

Source: www.ghanaweb.live

E-levy: Man up and offer concessions - Franklin Cudjoe to Akufo-Addo

Franklin Cudjoe with President Akufo-Addo Franklin Cudjoe with President Akufo-Addo

Ken Ofori-Atta agrees to four of 5 demands by minority

Parliament chamber turns into boxing arena as MPs fight over e-levy

Parliament adjourns sitting indefinitely


Chief Executive of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, has called on the

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Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta at a press conference in Accra on December 6, 2021 agreed to four out of the five demands of the minority but disclosed that no consensus had been reached on the e-levy.

He said he had written to the Speaker of Parliament, formally communicating the details of the modifications in response to emerging concerns by all stakeholders, including the Minority in Parliament.

Parliamentary sitting on Monday December 20, 2021 denigrated into a chaotic scene as MPs brutally assaulted each other following attempts by first deputy speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu to recuse himself for second deputy speaker Andrew Asiamah to take his seat whiles he goes to participate in a voting process to determine whether or not the contentious e-levy bill should be considered under a certificate of urgency.

This is the third major chaos in the 8th parliament since its inauguration.