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Actor Kwaku Manu has expressed his discontent with Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia’s campaign promise to implement a credit card system if elected President in the upcoming December 7 elections.
Speaking in a recent interview, Kwaku Manu stated that Ghana does not need a credit score system at this time because most youths lack employment opportunities to repay their debts.
“If you become the breadwinner, you cannot enjoy, even though God has blessed you. Mothers and cousins, among others, will be calling you. You cannot even go on holidays unlike whites who have their parents working hence they can go on trips.
"Ghanaians abroad cannot even travel to enjoy… they have many bills to cover… I get sad when I think about these things,” the actor said on UTV.
He emphasized the need to create jobs with adequate salaries instead of introducing a system that could lead many to incur more debt.
“Elsewhere in the USA, there are jobs… if you don’t work, you cannot get a credit card abroad. Banks even look at that before they give loans. You will be given the card according to your financial status. How many people earn ¢1,500 in Ghana? How cheap are clothes nowadays? How does one survive on 1,500 Cedis with two kids? Now almost everyone is owing? Some countries pay the bills of some mothers, so what is going on with us?” Kwaku Manu questioned.
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