{"id":20815,"date":"2021-05-12T16:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=20815"},"modified":"2021-05-12T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:45:15","slug":"the-taxes-are-killing-us-methodist-bishop-to-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=20815","title":{"rendered":"The taxes are killing us \u2013 Methodist Bishop to Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Bishop of the Sekondi Diocese of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Right Reverend Daniel De-Graft Brace, has berated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/tag\/president-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo\/\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/a>&nbsp;and his government for failing to honour promises made to the Ghanaian electorate in his search for political power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained, for example, that during the campaign period ahead of the 2016&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/category\/elections\/\">elections<\/a>, then Candidate Akufo-Addo chastised the Mahama administration for bad leadership, which had resulted in brazen hardship even though the country was well endowed, according to the then opposition leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the President was campaigning in 2016, I was in Abosso. He came there and his words were that there is money in this country, but because we don\u2019t have the right people governing the country, it has resulted in brazen hardship. So many taxes have been heaped on us. So, I in particular agreed with him that this country is endowed and that if we get our acts right, things will be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, according to Most Reverend DeGraft Brace, who was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the 60th Synod of the Sekondi Diocese at Dixcove in the Ahanta West Municipality, nothing significantly different has changed since President Akufo-Addo ascended the Presidency, stressing that \u201crather new taxes have been introduced and causing more hardships\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026now what he has introduced is rather causing a lot of hardships. People are suffering and we need to hit it that [President Akufo-Addo] must do something about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is true that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/category\/coronavirus\/\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0has damaged the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/category\/world\/\">world<\/a>\u00a0economy but if you look at what is happening, I believe government must do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: \u201cThe taxes are too many and it has brought a lot of hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLook at fuel, the price has increased about five times since the beginning of this year, why? But during the campaign period in 2016, they promised that all these things will be cancelled. But rather it is still increasing and I believe government must rethink and do something to help to change things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: 3<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/category\/news\/\">news<\/a>.com|Ghana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bishop of the Sekondi Diocese of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Right Reverend Daniel De-Graft Brace, has berated&nbsp;President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo&nbsp;and his government for failing to honour promises made to the Ghanaian electorate in his search for political power. 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