Former Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije has described as discriminatory the decision by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to scrap levies exacted from head porters popularly called Kayayei in the country.
"If government is scrapping that toll it should say it is scrapping the market tolls across the board," he advocated, adding everyone who trade in markets in the capital are taxed.
Mr Oko Vandepuije said he expected government to annul all market tolls since it did not segment when it announced the abolishing of duties on spare parts importation.
"It should have said no more market tolls."
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has listed some eight taxes that would be abolished in 2017 when he presented government's maiden budget to Parliament on Thursday.
The taxes which include duties on spare parts importation, 17.5 percent VAT on domestic tickets and Kayayei levy among others, are aimed at easing the difficulties in the economy, the Minister has said.
The tax cuts have drawn applause from sections of Ghanaians especially spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai and the Kayaye Association in Kumasi.
Kayaye Association's General Secretary, Amadu Aminu told Joy News they will be meeting to decide how to celebrate what he described as the "good news" from government.
“For the past years the ‘paaopa levy’ has been a very big headache to the leadership, and we have moved across borders to get something done but our efforts did not yield any results,” he said.
But Mr Oko Vanderpuije who also doubles as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma South said the President has been unfair to local government authorities for scrapping the head porters levy.
"If you segregate and say a Kayaye levy would not be there, everybody would know that when they work in the market, government would support by not taking tolls from them," he said.
He, nonetheless, said government would find a way to fill the shortfalls that would be experienced in revenue by the abolishing of the levy and other taxes, adding it is too early to laud the government for it has done.
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Source: Joy News
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OKO VANDAPOOGYE OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS, YOU WANT TO BE HEARD AND NOTICED, HUH??. YOU SEE NOW THERE IS NO SPINE IN THE NOTORIOUS DESTROYERS CONGRESS AND YOU WANT TO BE THE SPINE!?! MY FRIEND, GO SIT SOMEWHERE AND GIVE US A BREAK! YOUR TIME IS PAST GONE>>>>!!!
Some of these NDC people are st.up1d... The market toll is collected from those who have shops and create waste which the assembly collects. Who in this create, l00t and share NDC party is sensible? I cannot see any. Kayaye cannot even rent a room to sleep in but you collect tolls from them and chop.
Oko, do you sleep on your left side or right side? Or on your bearded chin?? s h a m e on you.
OKOH CAN YOU LISTERN TO YOUSELF, YOU SAID EVERYONE THAT COMES TO THE MARKET IS TAXED AND THE KAYAYIES ARE IN THE MARKET SO WHY DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE TAXED AGAIN. IS THAT YOU AND NDC STANDS FOR SOCIAL DOMOCRATE INDEED. IN ONE INSTANCE NDC IS A SOCIAL DEMOCARTE IN ANOTHER BREATHE THEY WANT EVERYBODY TO EVEN TAXE ON FAECES
Oko Please allow the doers to do their work .You people failed when it was your turn to do it.What did you say? that it is a discrimination? Oh Oko so you still not pity these poor kayayoo ? Ifact i expected you as an MP to even congratulate the Govt for doing that. All the things considered in the budget ,you could have done all but because greedy and selfishness you decided to spend it.
One side of NDC says there no Kayayie tax while the other side says is discriminatory. Which is which?
I hope the kayayei now realize who their REAL ENEMY is: ndc!
LOOK AT THE THIFF OKO VANDERPUJE !!!!!! masquarading as a legislator in parliament ; this man stole from the Us and was helped by Atta Mills into politics ; he had no mercy on our sisters the 'Kayaei' when he was in office all the taxes collected every eveing was sent to his office and shared amongst the officers at the AMA ; today the NPP has taken that tax away and OKO the thiff is confused and knows he will not get his share again besides how on earth do you compare the service provided by these poor poor porters to these selling huge goods on the market because these poor kayayei have nothing ;some even do not have places to sleep and you tax the small cedis that they earn everyday ;HOW EVIL CAN YOU BE !!!!!!; this full OKo should ask himself how many loads can you carry in a day to make a living ; the sad part is that Jon Mahama a native of the north as wicked as he is rather prefereed to still government bungalows whilst his cronies in the NDC including OKo Vaderpuje stole cars and refused to help our poor sisters WHY !!!!!!; WHAT EVIL BUNCH OF ROBBERS led by Jon Mahama who today are seeking Ghanaians to vote for them again -THIIFS !!!!!!!!
Lack of knowledge is what will make this man perish, why then dont u tax us if we carry the goods by our selves. what if we decide not to allow any kayeyie to work again and decide to carry those stuffs ourselves are we going to pay taxes so why then must the kayeyies pay taxes on the same job. dont be blinf=ded by politics cos if ur government had done this u would haveen the first to praise ur party but since u couldnt u rather find it difficult to understand, why must u compare the the cloth or shoe seller with the kayeyie. Go and understand the real meaning of discrimination