Farmers across the country are said to have kicked against the controversial electronic taxation otherwise known as E-levy.
According to them, they are not prepared to lose the little earnings they have made by way of contributing to the development of the country.
Speaking on the Angel FM morning show on Monday, February 1, 2022, President of Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen (GNAFF), Nene Terkpertey Abgelze I said, they are lacing up their boots to hit the streets in a nationwide protest, against the tax policy currently laid before Parliament for consideration and approval.
“We will not pay the e-levy,” said the farmer who is also a chief in the Kordiabe Traditional Area to the host, Kofi Adoma Nwanwani.
Nene Terkpertey Agbleze stated that farmers are the poorest in society despite being the ones who till the land to supply food to the citizenry.
He argued that there are alternative ways to generate revenue for developmental projects which include taxing the extractive industry and the reliance on the forest reserves to shield the Ghanaian from experiencing more hardship.
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