When police in Tema charged Oliver Barker-Vormawor a convener of the #FixTheCountry movement with treason felony on 11 February they fuelled a wider civil society campaign against the government's plan for an electronic transaction tax (E-Levy) (AC Vol 63 No 4 Ofori-Atta bets on the E-Levy rejects IMF)...

The strength of the sentiment against the E-Levy was evident from the furore surrounding the arrest on 11 February of Oliver Barker-Vormawor one of the leaders of the campaign against the new tax...