“I Don’t Believe in the Afterlife, I Don’t Pay Tithe” – UT Bank Boss, Amoabeng

The former Chief Executive Officer of UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has stated that he does not believe in the existence of heaven and hell.
In an interview on Accra-based Starr FM’s Morning Starr on Friday, Mr Amoabeng said although he was a Christian who believed in God, the concept of the afterlife was difficult for him to accept.
He said: “I believe in God, I believe there is a creator; if you don’t like, call it nature but for me as a Christian, it’s God.
“…I go to church once in a long while, when there is a wedding or a funeral.
I don’t believe in the afterlife, I believe that you have to do what is right and that your heaven and earth is here, I don’t think there is anything anywhere.”
Mr Amoabeng also revealed the he does not pay tithes. Mr Amoabeng said: “I don’t pay tithe. I would not give 10 percent and nobody can force me to give 10 percent of my money to anybody. So I don’t pay tithe. I do all sorts of philanthropic jobs myself. I see where there is the need for me to help and I help.
“I don’t have to give it to somebody who then decides where to put the money. So it is my hard earned money and I should put it where I want to put it.”
He, however, stressed that he did not think paying tithes was a bad thing.
“I’m not saying payment of tithe is bad. I’m not here to say ‘don’t pay tithe’. No. I think it depends on what you see the church for and what the church means to you and does for you.”
Mr Amoabeng recently retired from his post as the CEO of UT Bank. The former military man also revealed that many Ghanaian Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers sleep with their workers.