Bridget Otoo has reacted to the claims of an MP that 70 cedis is the yardstick of poverty saying then we are all rich since we earn more than 70 cedis at the end of the year.
The MP speaking on the issue of E-levy being passed said a poor person is someone who earns 70 cedis a year and this has raised another issue online as almost everyone is shocked at the MP’s submission since it felt as if he doesn’t care.
Bridget Otoo reacting to that classified us all as rich people since the yardstick of being a rich person in Ghana is 70 cedis and most of us earn more than that at the end of the months but we all know that’s not the yardstick of being rich.
Some of these MPs even claim that if you’re able to send 100 cedis a day then you’re rich forgetting that some people send more than 100 cedis at the end of the day and they themselves are left with nothing to eat for the night.
This E-levy issue has opened our eyes to how some of the MPs perceive us as they think we are rich like them since we’re able to send 100 cedis a day and earn 70 cedis refusing to face the reality on the ground and do what is right.