A political group within the National Democratic Congress [NDC] known as Bring Mahama Back (BMB) says it’s not surprise about the recent comment made by the past Methodist Bishop of Obuasi, Bishop Bosomtwe Ayensu.
According to BMB, Bishop Ayensu has never been satisfied, not in his days as a police officer or as man of God, with anything done by the NDC government.
Former President John Mahama couple of months ago, said the E-levy was a distortionary and burdensome tax that only forces Ghanaians to pay more while suffering.
He said “a new national democratic congress government, God willing, with the votes of the sovereign people of Ghana, in 2025 will repeal the E-Levy act.”
However, Bishop Ayensu speaking to journalists at the Methodist Church’s 25th Synod held at the Mount Zion Methodist Church at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region said, “a leading opposition party says this government has been borrowing to fund projects. But it [the government] has been strategic this time to introduce this homegrown policy to build our nation. So if someone says he will repeal this law when he wins power then such a person will not even win power to abort it.”
Subsequently, the NDC group led by Ebenezer Frimpong Alooke (Chairman) believes that the Orthodox churches in Ghana including the Methodist Church shelters a majority of the very poor and vulnerable Christians in the country who largely depend on the goodwill of their sons, daughters, philanthropist and other individuals for survival.
Workers whose real wages are being eroded by inflation, families that cannot afford two square meal a day among many others so it to thateffect Mahama has promised, the next NDC government will repeal this obnoxious and daylight robbery of a tax introduced by this insensitive Akuffo Addo regime.
BMB says, Ghanaians from all walks of life have welcomed this promise of relief by the next president. So one would expect the clergy as they have widely shown, to support any initiative that would seek to lessen the economic burden on the flock they are shepherding.
If Ayensu prefers that he should be taxed on his electronic monetary transactions, “we cannot fault him. He cannot therefore claim that Mahama would not win election 2024.”
“… If he chooses to disregard the above dictate of his own constitution and continue on this trajectory, then we would appeal to the Methodist Church to advise him to put down the cassock and pick a nomination form for a position in the NPP because we will not hesitate to give him the appropriate response or treat him as a politician whenever necessary.” BMB says.
The group says, come January 7th 2025, John Dramani Mahama would be sworn in as president of Ghana.
Source: Oyerepafmonline.com/Joseph Marfo
