Mr Ato Forson had suggested Mrs Owusu-Ekuful who is also the Communications Minister, erred when she issued a directive to mobile telecom operators in Ghana to cease the upfront deduction of the nine per cent Communications Service Tax (CST).
According to him, it is only the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) that is empowered to give orders on tax administration in the country, hence asked the Minister to withdraw her directive to the telcos, which has been questioned by some lawyers.
But in strongly worded letter to the MP, the Minister defended her directive, and said although she respects Mr Forson’s right to interpret the law the way he chooses, “I am not bound to accept either your reading, understanding or interpretation of the law.”
Mrs Owusu-Ekuful told the MP that she will not take the Ato Forson’s advice to withdraw the directive, stating “If I want lessons in good morals, I certainly will not go to a brothel for it”.
Her comment has been condemned by a section of Ghanaians some of who took to social media to accuse the minister of having penchant for such foul language.
Mr Forson who is also a former deputy Finance Minister, on Wednesday October 23 responded to the MP in a letter, stating he had hoped to engage the Mrs Owusu-Ekuful “in a decent discourse as public officers,” but unfortunately, the minister chose a different path.
Quoting Colossians 4:5, Mr Ato Forson told Mrs Owusu-Ekuful to “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone”.
He thus added: “I refuse to join you in your brothel”
By 3news.com|Ghana