If E-levy was bad, D-levy is catastrophic. HonFAB laments on the sudden silence of all civil organizations.

 Dumsor Levy starts today! 

It’s truly sad,  and frankly, hypocritical, how civil society organizations that screamed from rooftops against the E-Levy have suddenly gone silent on the Dumsor Levy (D-Lexy) introduced by the Mahama-led NDC government.

The E-Levy, introduced by the Akufo-Addo administration, was an optional digital transaction tax; a progressive tool used by countries like Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe to widen their tax nets. Yet, the NDC and their civil society allies launched a full-blown propaganda campaign, branding it as anti-poor and insensitive;  even when it was designed to broaden financial inclusion and reduce our dependence on external borrowing for infrastructure investments. 

Now, the same Mahama-led NDC, barely six months into office, has slapped a blanket tax on fuel; the D-Lexy; with direct and harsh consequences for the average Ghanaian: rising transportation fares, food prices, and inflation. It is a tax that hits everyone, everywhere — from market women to trotro drivers, farmers to students. And suddenly, those once-vocal civil society groups are mute. No outrage. No demonstrations. No press conferences.

This is the height of political deceit;  a desperate bid for power that fed on populism and false promises. The Mahama administration knew the truth but chose to mislead the public, vilifying a better alternative (E-Levy) just to win votes, only to turn around and impose a heavier burden on the very people they claimed to be fighting for.

This is not leadership. It is betrayal.

Ghanaians deserve honesty, not hypocrisy.

If E-Levy was “bad,” D-Lexy is catastrophic.

And the silence is complicity