Charles Owusu has called on government to reconsider her imposition of tax on sanitary pads.
The government has placed 20% of what it calls "luxury tax" on sanitary pads but there is an intense protest against this decision.
Rural teenage girls in Akyemansa District in Eastern Region, days ago, demonstrated against the rising cost of sanitary pads in the country which they say is worsening among girls in rural communities.
The former Head of Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu has described the government's action as "sad and worrying", explaining that women's menstrual cycle is a natural occurrence, thus it shouldn't be difficult for them to buy sanitary pads to protect themselves.
He is therefore appealing to the government to scrap the tax.
"The government should remove the tax," he said on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" morning show.
To him, the tax will burden women, particularly young girls and so pleading with the government to review its decision in order to make sanitary pads easily affordable.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Why remove tax on imported sanitary pad? The tax should remain to protect the local industry. It is just like saying we should remove tax on foreign rice, foreign edible OILS and foreign alcohol. Pastor Charles Owusu, I like your submissions but this one, NO NO NO. Please do you know we have local factories producing same? Do you want the local industry to layoff workers? Please fight for the removal of tax on raw materials for the local industry.