‘Nana, we love you but come again’ – A Plus takes on Otumfuo over 2022 budget
Kwame Asare Obeng, widely known as A Plus has crashed with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II after the latter called on Ghanaians to pay their taxes and become good citizens.
It will be recalled that the Asantehene while speaking at the launch of his Commemorative Gold Coin on Sunday, December 12, 2021, said there’s no country in the world where citizens don’t pay taxes, adding that good citizens pay taxes.
According to him, although no one loves paying taxes, there is no other way governments can raise revenue to meet the demands of the citizenry.
His comments come on the back of the raging controversy and widespread disapproval of the 1.75% levy on electronic financial transactions announced by the government in the 2022 budget statement.
“I do not know of any form of taxes that is less painful than others. So at last, government, by all means, would have to raise taxes to meet our needs and if we are good citizens, we will pay our taxes,” Otumfuo said at the event.
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