Musician and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame A Plus has unreservedly kicked against the compulsory payment of TV licence saying “I will never pay”.
He also threatened to organise a demonstration against the payment of TV licence next year.
“What is on GTV that anyone must go to jail for not paying to watch! First it was tow levy. Now it’s this nonsense. I will never pay! 2018 I will organise a demonstration against TV license. I want to be the first to go to jail for not paying TV licence. Ghanaians are under pressure already. Bring this nonsense and jail them and see what will happen in 2020. Abi you remember the motor court”,A plus posted on Facebook.?
His comment comes after Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo granted a request by state broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), to establish a special court to deal with persons who fail to pay their TV licence fees.
The courts, located in the regions, will sit every Thursday with effect from 4 January 2018 to prosecute persons who fail to pay their TV licence.
A Plus in a series of Facebook posts argued that any “government which charges its poor people import duty for TV sets and charge them annually for owning it is very wicked and clueless”.
He said he was ready to be the first Ghanaian to go to jail for nonpayment of TV licence.
“And those saying that TV licence is charged in Europe and America so it should be charged in Ghana, please in Europe too when you give birth government gives you and your child a home and gives you money monthly to take care of your baby. If everything that is done in Europe must be done in Ghana Why are you not advocating for Ghanaians to enjoy that benefit as well? Why do you always push for hardship and not the ones that make life easy? Are we slaves”, he quizzed?
Story: Elizabeth Amarfio
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