Popular Ghanaian music artiste, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has vowed to never pay television license fees.
According to him, he may be the first to be jailed with respect to the fees. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) recently secured permission from the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to take the fees from owners of television sets.
Failure to honour one’s obligations, according to the new directive, could result in incarceration. In a report by mynewsgh.com, A Plus has however declared that he would never pay the fees and in that regard, he may be the first to be jailed.
He added that the law is bogus, and if care isn’t taken, the Akufo-Addo-led government would pay the price during the 2020 elections.
“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 organize a demonstration against TV license.
I want to be the first to go to jail for not paying TV license. Ghanaians are under pressure already. Bring this nonsense and jail them and see what will happen in 2020. Abi you remember the motor court? …” he was quoted as saying.
The musician noted that Ghanaians are already under economic pressure, and a such the implementation of the law on television license would further compound the burden.
The end result, he noted, would be a demonstration organized by Ghanaians to protest against the new law.
“Any government which charge it’s poor people import duty for TV sets and charge them annually for owning it is very wicked and clueless!!! Give me liberty or give me death”, he concluded.
A disgraced opportunist, break the law and you will face the consequences for no one is above the law, that’s why Ghana is as it’s. why? Because you’re an NPP member or what.
Though I do not agree with A Plus but think this law shouldn’t have been passed at all. It’s really a bogus one. Really what is on gtv that one must pay to watch. If it’s money they are looking for Ghanaian leaders know how to impose taxes on us ,eg petroleum taxes or letter still recovery taxes which never ends so why not take than tangent but impose such useless tax on us for not meaningful benefit,just because is for the state. Please relieve us a bit , we are already suffering we need some respite.
At least there are other free on air tv stations so it’s a choice. My advise to A plus is not to over look the law but will support him the demonstration. It’s a bogus law which must be removed from our books. We must do things that brings benefit to the people but not because others are doing it so we must also do it. I rest my case.
At the end of the day what are we paying for is it the tv or what they show on it ,gtv shows nthn gud , multi tv filled up with church’s . we should just ask our self hw many people have the Moby to buy a dstv . so what are we paying for
No one is above the law. When you come to America here it’s these small small money that they use to develop the state. Ghanaians want developmental projects but they afraid to pay taxes, where does the money should come from. The government should enforce the law,anyone bridges the law should face the full rigors of the law.