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General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), John Boadu, has panned the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, for what the former considers as "trivializing" the controversial Electronic Transaction tax system (E-levy).

Kwesi Pratt, contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' wondered why the e-levy seems to have suddenly become the panacea to all of Ghana's economic problems as espoused by members of ruling party.

"Now, our leaders are overdoing this. They say without the e-levy, farmers won't get fertilizer. They claim without the e-levy, government workers cannot be paid. There will be no roads if the e-levy isn't implemented. They claim without the e-levy, there will be no water accessibility . . . without the e-levy, health delivery will reduce. I mean how?...So, now the e-levy has become the answer to every problem''.

''If you have a headache, e-levy! If you have leg pains, e-levy!! Stomach pains, e-levy!!! Why?...Now, e-levy has turned into 'akobalm'. Why?''