Tag: 50% benchmark value policy
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100,000 people risk losing their jobs if benchmark value discounts are maintained – Rice Millers
The Rice Millers Association of Ghana (RMAG), Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) and General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) have expressed disappointment in the government for indefinitely suspending the Benchmark Value Reduction Reversal Policy. The suspension, according to a joint press release from the three associations, will render about 100, 000 workers in the rice…
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GUTA cautions of ‘intense protests’ if benchmark value policy is reversed
The Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) is warning of intense protests if the government goes ahead with plans to reverse the benchmark value reduction policy. Over a week after the Finance Minister proposed the reversal of the benchmark reduction policy in the 2022 budget, different stakeholders have defended or spoken against the move. In…