Ghana likely to sign EPA as EU tightens noose

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• Omanbabea 9 years ago

  I hope Ghana will consider this carefully. I personally don't trust the Europeans. Once they get free access to Ghana's market and give Ghana access to their markets, they will pretend that the quality of goods exported from ...
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  I hope Ghana will consider this carefully. I personally don't trust the Europeans. Once they get free access to Ghana's market and give Ghana access to their markets, they will pretend that the quality of goods exported from Ghana is unwholesome and begin to ban items from Ghana.
  
  Moreover, I think it is not advisable for Ghana, a country which lacks the ability to monitor and collect full VAT internally, to loose its ability to collect external tax. Import taxes appear to be the most effective avenue of revenue. Loosing that tax means loosing most of the revenue the nation depends on. And I doubt that exporters will pay honest taxes for the wealth they will gain from exporting to the EU. As it is now the internal revenue ministry is full of corruption. They will never truly audit companies and insure right taxes are collected. Officers will rather take bribes, than report companies.
  
  If Ghana can not device a means to collect full VAT and other internal taxes then throwing away import taxation that comes from EU is foolish.

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• Dagale 9 years ago

  Why do allow Europeans bully us into signing agreements that will not benefit us. It is very shocking that African leaders are still blind to the machinations of the EU and the rest of the west. The EPA will condemn us to pe ...
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  Why do allow Europeans bully us into signing agreements that will not benefit us. It is very shocking that African leaders are still blind to the machinations of the EU and the rest of the west. The EPA will condemn us to pepetual poverty. This is a big trap! Wake up Africa!!!

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• Hmmm 9 years ago

  Can Hannah Tetteh be trusted to serve Ghana's interest in these circumstances. She's known to be easily swayed by gifts and hand-outs. Lets stop selling off the country to people who don't care a hoot about Africans!!!

  Can Hannah Tetteh be trusted to serve Ghana's interest in these circumstances. She's known to be easily swayed by gifts and hand-outs. Lets stop selling off the country to people who don't care a hoot about Africans!!!

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• sa 9 years ago

  it is sad....bad governance will lead you to sign this deal. lets stop the politics and analyse this situation...........you are giving me something free.i said i did not need it.........because of that......u want to impose ...
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  it is sad....bad governance will lead you to sign this deal. lets stop the politics and analyse this situation...........you are giving me something free.i said i did not need it.........because of that......u want to impose more tarrifs.....they are the consumers.our local producers should shift the tax burdern unto them as they are doing to us............qualities of an entreprenuer.u take risk

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• kofi kwame 9 years ago

  Big No. Ghana should not sign on to the agreement. Listing to the stakeholder argument they only talk about their own intereast as against over all interest of the nation, the should start paying the taxs after all the percet ...
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  Big No. Ghana should not sign on to the agreement. Listing to the stakeholder argument they only talk about their own intereast as against over all interest of the nation, the should start paying the taxs after all the percetage of taxs is not up to ten percetage

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• Niibi 9 years ago

  This Ivorian snake watarra will sell his soul for a pot of mossi koko.
  
  Mahama

  This Ivorian snake watarra will sell his soul for a pot of mossi koko.
  
  Mahama

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