This is how low we have sunk as an African country with morals and dignity. Is this where we have reached? Politicians do not even care where tax comes from anymore; they simply want it in their spending pool. However they will strategize to squeeze money out of Ghanaians so they can squander it, they will do!
The Member of Parliament for Obuasi Akrofuom, Kwabena Appiah Pinkrah says prostitution is a major source of employment and as long as people earn some form of income from practising it, the vice should be regulated so that government can generate revenue from it.
I wonder what this MP will say if his daughter becomes a prostitute. Encourage her and tax her to give revenue to the state? I am disgusted…
What kind of people do we have leading us? Such careless and selfish talk can only come from our African leaders…
The MP said:
“Prostitution is a main stream job and those who engage in it are earning money so they should be taxed by the state and the practice should be regularized so that the professionals among the prostitutes will be registered,”
Appiah Pinkrah was speaking in relation to a swoop carried out by Takoradi police during which they arrested 23 prostitutes in an area close to the popular night hangout Vienna City.
He added that if the practice is regularized, those who engage in it will undergo regular health checks in order to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Appiah Pinkrah said instead of concentrating on the moral and emotional sentiments, the state should rather focus on the revenue that can be derived from the sex trade!
“My pastors can say what they want to say but I still maintain that the practice should be regularized so that the state can tax those who engage in it.”
“We should not rob those who engage in prostitution and the state the opportunity to earn money,” he reiterated
On the question of his own children engaging in it, this is what he said;
“My children will not either ask for my permission if they want to engage in prostitution but they should be old enough to do that and if they did, they would earn income and hence should be taxed”.
What is your opinion on encouraging and taxing prostitution for revenue?
he is jux stupid!
useless mp
Idiot.well goin to parliament in gh is cheap.any dickhead can go there. Useless man. So disgusting