Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has supported claims that the Ghanaian youth is into betting because there are no jobs.
Therefore, he does not see why the government would want to tax the youth on their wins when the government hasn't provided them with jobs To him, taxes must not be placed on bets; rather, the government must look at providing the youth with jobs in order to better their lives before taxing their bet wins. "My argument has been that we need not tax bets.
These young people are unemployed, and when they get some 20 cedis they stake their bets.
They are into betting because they don't have jobs so we must not tax their bets," he said on Sunrise FM in the Eastern Region.
