{"id":298610,"date":"2017-03-03T11:03:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T11:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298610"},"modified":"2017-03-03T11:03:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T11:03:24","slug":"scrapping-kayayei-toll-discriminatory-terkper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/scrapping-kayayei-toll-discriminatory-terkper\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrapping Kayayei toll \u2018discriminatory\u2019 \u2013 Terkper"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, has described as discriminatory, the scrapping of tolls paid by head potters also known as \u201cKayayei\u201d at market places.<\/p>\n
According to him, the move is not fair especially since truck pushers, sachet water sellers among other hawkers also pay similar tolls.<\/p>\n
The Former Minister while speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Friday, clarified that although he was not against the ‘kayayei’ toll exemption, he thinks \u201cthey [kayayei] are not the only category [of potters] and you [Finance Minister] may be using discriminatory tax approach.\u201d<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”UiW90DBjruSk0cs9j0w395SAHLHVHgWv”]The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, while presenting the 2017 budget statement to Parliament on Thursday, disclosed that government had scrapped some taxes including the kayayei market tolls<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n He also announced the downward review of some taxes and levies government considered as \u201cnuisance.\u201d<\/p>\n But Mr. Terkper, told Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> that government must extend the tax relief package to cover other potters as well.<\/p>\n \u201cIs it just Kayayei or does it also cover truck pushers or if you go to the north does it cover those who are riding motorbikes, tricycles which is a form of portage? So Kayayei is just one form of portage. Is the minister saying that all these are going to be eliminated or is just the use of kayayei to gain some sympathy?\u201d<\/p>\n