The Member of Parliament for the Ketu South constituency in the Volta Region, Abla Dzifa Gomashie is calling on the government to scrap all taxes on sanitary products to make them cheap and accessible to help girls during their menstrual cycle.
Pressure is mounting on the government to scrap taxes on sanitary pads.
Scores of Ghanaians on Thursday, June 22, besieged Parliament demanding that taxes on sanitary pads be scrapped immediately.
The group says the 12.5 percent VAT and the 20 percent import tax on sanitary pads have increased the prices of the item, making it impossible for women who represent 51 percent of Ghana’s population to afford them.
The Speaker of Parliament also directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta not to present the 2024 budget with a tax component on sanitary pads.
Abla Dzifa Gomashie bemoaned the consequences of high taxes on sanitary towels, which she said have dragged many girls into transactional sex in order to get access to them.
Abla Dzifa Gomashie said the government should make the product cheap and accessible.
Story by: Osei Akoto (Teacher Kojo) / Ahotoronline.com
