S. Sudan finance ministry seeks to harmonise revenue collection
November 8, 2011 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s finance and economic planning ministry will this Wednesday convened a meeting seeking to devise mechanisms for harmonising revenue collections across the country’s 10 states.
The two-day event, according to a press release seen by Sudan Tribune, will also ensure that the ministers develop agreements to govern fair allocation of resources and collectively agree on eliminating all current system of multiple roadblocks and checkpoints.
“Many checkpoints and roadblocks are unofficial. [Thus] by ending unofficial collections, it will be easier and less expensive to do business in South Sudan. That should mean lower prices at the market, more jobs and better choices of goods to buy,” said Kosti Manibe Ngai, the finance and economic planning minister.
All legally collected revenue, the minister reiterated, are expected to go to the government account as an “urgent priority.” This new economic approach, he emphasised, aims at ensuring that good and services are made affordable to the citizens in Africa’s newest nation.
Riek Machar Teny, South Sudan’s vice president is expected to open the two-day meeting.
The task force, which was formed in November 2009 comprises of finance ministers from all ten states of South Sudan.
To-date, however, the task force, established in the wake of multiple irregularities in the finance system and has analysed in depth the economic effects of multiple, unregulated fees on businesses, including, making urgent recommendations to fully implement the 2009 Tax Act.
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angunliach
S. Sudan finance ministry seeks to harmonise revenue collection
Dear Finance minister,
I think you said enough since you took that office and nothing has changed in prices or illegal road blockers, please stop talking, we are tired of your nonsense statement, ROSS is a failing government, government with out vision,objective and lack of implementations, our ears are full of lies and peck promises, president was talking of one hundred days to do something.
Joseph
S. Sudan finance ministry seeks to harmonise revenue collection
Closing of roadblock to some extent has”taken place” however, the prices of goods in the market have gone too high. Since there is now law that regulate prices of goods, let the roadbolck resume their activities whether illigal or not. I am even planning to make one road block next to my house and whoever want to pass whether on foot or car MUST pay me period. There is no Gov’t at the moment is RS
Red Army
S. Sudan finance ministry seeks to harmonise revenue collection
Is dismantling of the illegal roadblocks and checkpoints an harmonization of the tax revenue collection? Pathetic and incompetent economic planners! South Sudan will continue to suffers and rants disgruntingly under this corrupted systems in the long run.Woeing the economic prosperity.
Bush
S. Sudan finance ministry seeks to harmonise revenue collection
There are a lot thieves in Kaya and Nimule borders that rob South Sudan everyday off their revenue. I think the Minister is facing stiff resistance from those thieves who are controlling those check points and roadblocks for their own benefits.
Lokeji
S. Sudan finance ministry seeks to harmonise revenue collection
Let’s not waste our time after this useles and hopeles splm govt,these guys don’t have any economic nor security policy to govern this country with, they are just group of guerillas fighters who wanted to reward themselves from the public coffin.And if they are to continue untill the second coming of Jeuse Christ, we shall only harvest more corruption, poverty and lawlesness in this country.