Hardware Dealers are impressing upon government to reduce taxes charged on imported products at the ports.
Currently, the businesses pay about 25 percent on goods imported into the country.
But they say the charge is high which is impacting their businesses.
Speaking to Citi News, Regional Sales Director West and Central Africa at Bosch, Benjamin Ofori, called on government to address the concern to make the products quite affordable to users.
“It is actually a topic that we are trying to address urgently now because in nation development, what we should be able to provide and make affordable are things like power tools. Power tools are used in construction, infrastructure development, etc and hence if government could and would look at the revision of the taxes we have to pay, it will really go a long way to benefit the users out there” he stressed.
“We are paying in excess of 25%, which is not favorable. We know taxes are good for development, but when a power tool is supposed to be the enabler to help make the artisan’s life a lot better then it becomes a bit deer to the artisan” he added.
Mr. Ofori spoke to Citi Business News on the sidelines of a media briefing ahead of the launch of their mass artisan campaign in Accra.
Bosch mass artisan campaign
The campaign is to enable artisans acquire power tools through payment via mobile money platform.
The campaign is dubbed “Pay Small Small”.
Coupled with the right to ownership campaign, the Bosch Power Tools team is conducting a roadshow to train artisans on power tool applications, maintenance and safety aspects to undertake while working with power tools.
Mr. Benjamin Ofori said “As responsible and global corporate citizen, we at Bosch Power Tools want to play a meaningful part in this success story by contributing to the growth of the industrial, construction and manufacturing sectors in Africa”.