{"id":451291,"date":"2017-12-31T23:33:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T23:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/im-ready-to-go-to-jail-a-plus-vows-to-never-pay-tv-license-fees\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T23:33:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T23:33:43","slug":"im-ready-to-go-to-jail-a-plus-vows-to-never-pay-tv-license-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/im-ready-to-go-to-jail-a-plus-vows-to-never-pay-tv-license-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m ready to go to jail &#8211; A Plus vows to never pay TV license fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Sunday, 31 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>yen.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/72345321.295.jpg\" alt=\"KWAMEAPLUS\" title=\"KWAMEAPLUS\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>A Plus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514763223_850_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Popular Ghanaian music artiste, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has vowed to never pay television license fees.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to honour one\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the law is bogus, and if care isn\u2019t taken, the Akufo-Addo-led government would pay the price during the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is on GTV that anyone must go to jail for not paying to watch! First it was tow levy. Now it\u2019s this nonsense. I will never pay!!! 2018 I will organize a demonstration against TV license.<\/p>\n<p>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? \u2026\u201d he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The end result, he noted, would be a demonstration organized by Ghanaians to protest against the new law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny government which charge it\u2019s poor people import duty for TV sets and charge them annually for owning it is very wicked and clueless!!! 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