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The business community will on Wednesday, March 4, close down all
their shops in protest against the proposed implementation of the
Ghana Conformity Assessment Programme (G-CAP) and the Advance Shipment
Information.
A statement released by the Joint Private Sector Consultative Business
Forum said that, there would not be a street demonstration.
It said, as a first step, all businesses and industry in the Greater
Accra Region would be closed to the public, while members congregate
at the offices of the Ghana Union of Traders Association in red
attire.
The members of the Joint Private Sector Consultative Business Forum
are made up of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ghana
Automobile Dealers Association, Food and Beverages Association of
Ghana, and the Ghana Union of Traders Association.
The rest are; Importers and Exporters Association, Ghana
Pharmaceutical Chamber, Association of Ghana Industries, Customs
Brokers Association of Ghana and Freight Forwarders Association of
Ghana.
The Ghana Standards Authority and the Food and Drugs Authority had for
some months now been engaged in a business tussle over the
implementation of the G-CAP, which the business community believe is a
duplication of many other existent taxes.
Subsequently, the businesses believe its implementation would
aggravate their already harsh conditions.
Credit: GNA
