
Audio By Carbonatix
The Ghana Tourist Board says it will begin a process to close down all strip tease clubs in the country by the end of this week.The board says strip tease is illegal.The acting Executive Director, Martin Mireku who disclosed this to JOY News said the board reached an agreement with operators of the clubs and the police last year that, that strip tease should not be part of their operations.JOY NEWS broke the news last week of how night clubs in the capital were using nude ladies as the latest attraction, sparking off debate among lawyers over the legality of strip tease in the country.Contributing to the debate, the Executive Director of Abantu for Development, Dr. Rose Kutin said a ban on these clubs was not practicable.She would rather the existing legislations for the tourism and entertainment industries were strengthened to deter people from venturing into the business in the first place.But in a swift response to the call, Mr. Mireku said the Tourist Board would rather close down those clubs instead.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
TikToker jailed for offensive conduct
45 minutes -
Teacher jailed 12 years for defiling pupil under his care
56 minutes -
Court jails head porter 10 years for robbery at Aflao
1 hour -
Court jails 19-year-old for stealing nurse’s mobile phone and cash
1 hour -
Pele’s 1958 World Cup final shirt sells for $4.9m
1 hour -
Bellingham slapped Argentina substitute after England exit
2 hours -
FIFA ‘assessing match reports’ over Falklands banner
2 hours -
Wa West District Assembly empowers PWDs with over GH¢236,000 and 10 wheelchairs
2 hours -
New York issues air quality alert days before World Cup final
2 hours -
Prudential Life & United Way Ghana donate sanitation facilities to Chorkor under PRU Climate Action Project
2 hours -
Mahama nominates three to Supreme Court bench
2 hours -
Zoomlion MD visits Kenya as company transforms Nairobi waste management
3 hours -
Terminal 3 car park to close July 20 as GACL begins multi-storey parking and hotel project
3 hours -
TOR receives one million barrels of Ghana’s Jubilee crude to boost local refining
3 hours -
Lack of employment target is Ghana’s macroeconomic failure — Prof. Bokpin
3 hours