Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Deputy Majority Leader, announced that the E-Levy Bill is among the issues that Parliament will consider next week.
Presenting the House's business report for the seventh week of the first session of the eighth parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana's second legislature, Mr. Afenyo-Markin said it is important to make members of the House aware that the E-Levy Bill falls under the programmes they have proposed for the seventh week.
"So the House members will know about it if the E-Levy is going to be taken," the deputy majority leader said.
He added, "So once we see that papers and responses can be submitted and motions can be made; papers and reports include bills that have come and committee work, so it's down the line and all that. So, Mr. Speaker, Members should be confident that they will be informed. There will be no surprises here.
On the proposed elimination of road tolls in the 2022 budget statement, Mr. Afenyo Markin said, "So, if Members want to know about road tolls and why road tolls are not being collected, of course, there is a zero rate for 2022 in the 2022 budget.
"You know we have already passed the appropriation bill, the government is spending money, and even if we delay as a parliament, the government has already lost revenue in January and February," he said.
"So I believe that when the time comes, we will do what is necessary to show the people of Ghana that we are serious."
Kofi Iddie Adams, the MP for Buem, said the minority wanted a specific date for the E-Levy Bill to be considered in Parliament.
He said his party had insisted that the E-Levy bill be brought to the House for a decision. He said the minority was not the reason for the delay in the E-Levy and that the Finance Minister was on his way to consult.