E-Levy: Supreme Court to hear injunction application today

The Supreme Court will later today, May 4, hear the injunction application brought before it by three Minority MPs against the implementation of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy).

The three MPs including Minority Leader, Haruna Idrissu, Mahama Ayariga and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa filed the writ challenging the controversial circumstances under which the E-Levy bill was approved by the House. They also prayed the apex court to restrain the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) from proceeding with the implementation of the E-Levy since it will cause irreparable harm to millions of Ghanaian citizens.

But even before the injunction application will be heard, the GRA is already implementing the levy.

As a result, one of the MPs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says express instructions have been given to their lawyers to cite the Attorney General and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), for contempt of court.