{"id":984774,"date":"2022-02-10T12:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/e-levy-cake-was-not-done-to-mock-or-spite-ghanaians\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T12:28:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:28:41","slug":"e-levy-cake-was-not-done-to-mock-or-spite-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/e-levy-cake-was-not-done-to-mock-or-spite-ghanaians\/","title":{"rendered":"E-levy cake was not done to mock or spite Ghanaians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"694\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-10-at-2.13.08-PM-696x694.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Kwadaso MP, Dr Kingsley Nyarko\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwadaso MP, Dr Kingsley Nyarko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko has apologised to Ghanaians on the e-levy cake presented to the Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mensah-Bonsu who doubles as the MP for Suame, celebrated his 65th birthday on the 3rd of February this year.<\/p>\n<p>A cake that was seen presented to him was in a form of the controversial e-levy that many Ghanaians are opposed to.<\/p>\n<p>This has garnered backlash from political leaders across the country as well as social media users who have described the spectacle as insulting and insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, Dr Nyarko while speaking on Metro TV, took to the defense of the Majority leader, saying the cake was not done deliberately to mock or spite Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to plead with Ghanaians that it was not done to spite or mock anybody and assure them that it was not done to affect anybody\u2019s senses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he was present at the 65th birthday celebration and the e-levy was an unofficial cake presented to the Majority leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was there, I didn\u2019t see the e-levy cake. Honestly what I saw was the original cake. I only saw the e-levy cake on social media,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be unexpected, I am sure that somebody might have given it as a present and did not think about it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that this brouhaha wouldn\u2019t have taken place if the e-levy had been passed when it was first introduced.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SF1SYKXlx5Q\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yensua Ade: Making homemade liquid soap - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (9-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SF1SYKXlx5Q?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwadaso MP, Dr Kingsley Nyarko Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko has apologised to Ghanaians on the e-levy cake presented to the Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. Mr Mensah-Bonsu who doubles as the MP for Suame, celebrated his 65th birthday on the 3rd of February this year. A cake that was seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":984775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-984774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}