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PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS €14.7 MILLION EXPENSE WAIVER FOR STREET PROJECTS IN TWO LOCALES

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Parliament has supported a measure of €14.7 million as an expense waiver on materials and hardware to be imported for the remaking of the two street projects in the Western and Bono locales.

These streets are the Bechem-Techmantia-Akumandan street (40.4km) and the Tarkwa-Agona Nkwanta street (66km) by Messrs Gabriel Cuoto-Rango Consortium.

The duty waivers comprise of the Import obligations, Import National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL), Import Value Add Tax (VAT), EXIM Levy, Special Import Levy and COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy.

It would be reviewed Parliament on July 29 and July 30, 2020, separately supported the credit office arrangement between the Government of Ghana (GoG) and the Deutsche Bank, AG for a measure of €147.5 for the remaking of the Bechem-Techmantia-Akumandan (40.4km) and the Tarkwa-Agona Nkwanta (66km) street projects.

The Design-Build Contract between the GoG and the Messrs Gabriel Cuoto-Rango Consortium involves €50 million for the execution of the reproduction of the Bechem-Techmantia-Akumandan street (40.4km) and €95 million for the Tarkwa-Agona Nkwanta (66km) project.

Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, Chairman of the Finance Committee who addressed the Committee's report expressed that the finish of the two ventures would contribute fundamentally towards further developing travel time and carry help to workers and networks along the undertaking regions.

He said the venture would likewise work with the development of farming items from creation focuses to advertise focuses.

Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Ranking Member on the Finance Committee in supporting the idea expressed that however the Tax Exemption Bill had been passed by Parliament and when consented as far as possible the quantity of expense waivers that could be given to organizations.

He anyway contended that presently there were a few agreements that the Government of Ghana should regard it needs to give charge exclusion.

"It is the conviction of the Committee we ought to allow further a portion of these arrangements to get them far removed so those that would come after the Tax Exemption regulation would need to consent rigorously with the new guidelines" he added.

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