I still stand with the E-Levy — Gospel musician Qweci Oteng

Renowned Gospel musician, Cwesi Oteng has reaffirmed his stands with the controversial E Levy.

According to the ‘God Wey Dey Bless Me’ singer, he does not feel bad for openly approving the tax earlier before its passage.

The musician earlier this year was heavily chastised after he openly declared his support for the controversial E Levy.

He is recalled to have said developing every country entails a lot of expenditure therefore the need to accept it to help towards building the nation.

Speaking with Sammy Forson on the Daybreak Show on Hitz FM today, the musician says he still stands by earlier comments on the E Levy.

He said he was only voicing his opinions and will not be forced to revert because of other people’s reactions.

“I don’t regret them. I think they are my opinions just like every individual and other persons have opinions. If you ask me for my honest opinion I will give it but when I am attacked for my opinion then I feel like it is racist because you want everyone to think like and we cannot all think together, people don’t understand that we don’t have to agree on everything.

"The agreement is just respecting other people’s opinions so we can exist, but we have a society where people expect you to think like them, then you cannot have people in your life because we are powerful to think independently and we were not born to agree,” he said.

Speaking on why he thinks the E-Levy will be of help to the country’s development, the musician stated that his visit to Dubai influenced his thinking.

“Definitely, I had come from a more developed country and I was burdened to look for stones, sticks, and anything that can make Ghana work. If the leader that we all dedicated a day to go and vote for to think for us says this is the way, then that is my honest opinion,” he indicated.

He added that he will be demanding accountability from the government in the future.