[ 2021-03-13 ]

Gov’t introduces 10pesewas ‘borla’ tax to clean Ghana
Government has instituted a sanitation and
pollution levy (SPL) of 10pesewas to keep the
environment clean.

Caretaker Finance Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
made the announcement on Friday, 12 March 2021
when he delivered the 2021 budget.

He said “notwithstanding the progress that we
have made in the areas of sanitation and
pollution, there is still a lot more to be
done”.

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs listed them
as follows:

i. Improve urban air quality and combat air
pollution;

ii. Support the re-engineering of landfill sites
at Kpone and Oti;

iii. Support fumigation of public spaces, schools,
health centres and markets;

iv. Revamp/reconstruct poorly managed landfill
facilities;

v. Construct more sustainable state-of-the-art
waste treatment plants both solid and liquid in
selected locations across the country;

vi. Construct waste recycling and compost plants
across the country;

vii. Construct more sanitation facilities to
accelerate the elimination of open defaecation.

viii. Construct final treatment and disposal sites
for solid and liquid waste;

ix. Provide dedicated support for the annual
maintenance and management of major landfill sites
and other waste treatment plants and facilities
across the country; and

x. Construct medical waste treatment facilities to
prevent generation of infectious diseases
especially under the Coronavirus Treatment
Programme.

He said: “Mr Speaker, these are all very
critical investments that have to be made for the
benefit and dignity of all Ghanaians. These will
ensure sustainable sanitation management, improve
the quality of life and reduce the number of
deaths and diseases from poor sanitation”.

“To provide the requisite resources to address
these challenges and fund these activities, the
government is proposing a Sanitation and Pollution
Levy (SPL) of 10 pesewas on the price per litre of
petrol/diesel under the Energy Sector Levies Act
(ESLA)”.

Source - Class fm

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