Government through the Information Ministry has scheduled its third Townhall meeting at Tamale in the Northern Region on Thursday, February 10, 2022 to discuss the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy).

The meeting is to sensitise citizens on the controversial e-levy as well as take feedback from relevant stakeholders on the levy.

The public's feedback on the e-levy is expected to help the government with the implementation.

The audience at the Townhall meeting will be addressed by the following speakers; Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta; Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah; Hassan Tampuli, who is the MP for Gushegu, Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development; and Northern Regional Minister, Shani Alhassan Saibu.

Prior to this, two Townhall meetings have been held in the Western and Eastern Regional capitals to educate the masses on the advantages of the levy.

Meanwhile, the National Youth Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo is asking government to make public, funds spent on the recent Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) Townhall meetings.

According to him, the monies spent on the meetings could have been channeled into other areas of the struggling economy.

“I have given concrete reasons and they should also tell us how much they are spending on their Townhall meetings.

“I am very sure that by the time they are done, they would have spent more than 6 billion that they think they would get from the E-levy,” he stated at a press conference held on Monday.