{"id":58869,"date":"2023-04-18T09:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/18\/guta-demands-apology-from-joewise-over-unguarded-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T09:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:51:59","slug":"guta-demands-apology-from-joewise-over-unguarded-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/18\/guta-demands-apology-from-joewise-over-unguarded-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"GUTA demands apology from Joewise over &#8216;unguarded&#8217; comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Joewise\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Joewise.jpg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Joewise.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Joewise\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bekwai MP Joseph Osei-Owusu is the First Deputy Speaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Ghana Union of Traders\u2019 Associations (GUTA) is demanding a retraction and an unqualified apology from the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, for comments he made in an interview on Oyerepa TV.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Member of Parliament for Bekwai Constituency is reported to have taken on traders over the hikes in prices of goods and indicated that they were exploiting Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>He is also quoted as saying: \u201cThey are always talking about taxes and yet they are over exploiting Ghanaians and I\u2019m saying this without fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The First Deputy Speaker is said to have added that GUTA and, indeed, traders by their actions do not have the moral rights to complain about tax hikes.<\/p>\n<p>But in a press statement issued on Monday, April 17, GUTA said the likes of Joewise, as he is affectionately called, are bringing the name of Parliament into disrepute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn in no uncertain terms the statements and the sheer arrogance and complete ignorance exhibited on the genuine inputs GUTA made on those three taxes he mentioned,\u201d the statement signed by GUTA Secretary General Alpha Shaban said.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Shaban stated that members of GUTA are \u201cequal stakeholders\u201d in the running of the country\u2019s affairs and have been collaborating with government to fashion out policies to the benefit of the entire citizenry.<\/p>\n<p>GUTA described as \u201cinfantile\u201d and \u201cdiabolical\u201d allegations that members are the cause of high prices of goods.<\/p>\n<p>The mother union for traders, therefore, challenged the lawmaker to produce a list of all taxes imposed by government at the ports and elsewhere \u201cfor all Ghanaians to know who is exploiting the consumer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>GUTA said he who comes into equity must come with cleans hands and that there are several allegations of under-invoicing and over-invoicing as well as bribery at the ports involving parliamentarians. Some, the traders allege, have Joewise at the center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan one, therefore, be right to call Parliament as a corrupt institution and describe its members as thieves?\u201d GUTA asked.<\/p>\n<p>The statement asked that the First Deputy Speaker be called to order\u00a0 for his \u201cunbecoming behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwame_amoh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @kwame_amoh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bekwai MP Joseph Osei-Owusu is the First Deputy Speaker The Ghana Union of Traders\u2019 Associations (GUTA) is demanding a retraction and an unqualified apology from the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, for comments he made in an interview on Oyerepa TV. The Member of Parliament for Bekwai Constituency is reported to have taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GUTA demands apology from Joewise over &#039;unguarded&#039; comments - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/18\/guta-demands-apology-from-joewise-over-unguarded-comments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GUTA demands apology from Joewise over &#039;unguarded&#039; comments - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bekwai MP Joseph Osei-Owusu is the First Deputy Speaker The Ghana Union of Traders\u2019 Associations (GUTA) is demanding a retraction and an unqualified apology from the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, for comments he made in an interview on Oyerepa TV. 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