CHRISTIAN COUNCIL CONDEMNS ALCOHOL TAX REDUCTION

The President of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. John Annan Adotey says the tax reduction on alcoholic drinks in the country is unfortunate.
He explains that the reduction will encourage people to drink more alcohol and harm their immune system.
Rev. Adotey noted that the move runs counter to the continuous advice by medical doctors against the intake of alcohol.
Parliament reduced the 20% ad-valorem tax imposed on locally brewed alcohol ‘Akpeteshie’ and other alcoholic beverages to 17.5% to enable more people have access to it this Christmas and new year.
But Rev. John Annan Adotey says the tax reduction should have benefited agriculture, sports, education and other sectors rather than alcohol.
However, the leader of the Akpeteshi Drinkers Association of Ghana, Mr. Sadam welcomed the good news and noted that after a hard day’s work the body needs to satisfy itself with a bottle of alcoholic drink.
He congratulated legislators for listening to their plea and remarked that the reduction is also part of the Better Ghana Agenda.
In a related development, the spokesperson for Nima boys and Berekum boys Alhaji Akatogo has challenged Sadam to come out with his real name but not to tarnish the image of Muslims as they do not support the course of alcoholic drinking.
He explains that there is no reason why Sadam should congratulate the Mills administration for the reduction of alcohol.