The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed strong abhorrence at the imposition of taxes on sanitary pads in the country. He described the passage of laws by Parliament to impose the tax on sanitary pads as “unconscionable and a cardinal sin.” “This House should not have allowed it at all; you know the impact […]
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Don’t remove taxes on imported menstrual pads – Association of Ghana Industries
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has cautioned the government against implementing a policy that would remove taxes on imported sanitary pads while disregarding local manufacturers. According to the AGI, such a measure would have severe negative consequences for the country’s economy. While the idea of waiving duties or taxes on imported sanitary pads to […]
Ghana invents sanitary pads with banana and plantain fibre-President gifts inventors GH¢40,000 of personal money
A team of two female students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) – Matilda Asantewaa Sampong and Emilee Otoo Quayson, yesterday emerged the winner of season II of the Presidential Pitch and took home a GH¢60,000 investment package. In addition, they were given GH¢40,000 personal donation by President Nana Addo Dankwa […]