Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has expressed his desire and willingness to make Ghana a Business friendly and tax competitive in order to turn the country around.
The Vice President was speaking in an engagement with the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to kickstart his engagement with the various groups and organizations to seek their inputs in his manifesto.
According to him, his familiarity with the private sector is well known and that he agrees with all their challenges and concerns, and that he will prioritize business development in his government.
“Philosophically I am very much aligned with the private sector. And it is very very clear that for us to do what we ought to do to be amongst the leading country in Africa, the private sector must play its appropriate role. And so I am very clear that we need to look at what is working and what is not working and make the necessary changes to bring in efficiency, to bring in competitiveness” he said.
Dr. Bawumia also assured that he will make businesses attractive and grant tax amnesty to businesses and individuals, so that a new tax policy will be roled out.
President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dr. Clement Osei Amoako expressed appreciation to the Vice President for the engagement and enumerated their suggestions to him for consideration in his manifesto, key among them is abolishing some of the taxes on business, and finding solution to the current power outages. According to him, the Vice President’s digitalization drive has been of immense help to businesses and that if their suggestions are looked at and considered by the manifesto committee, it will make businesses thrive in Ghana.
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