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2019 Budget: Civil servants call for better standard of living

By Wendy Amarteifio
2019_ Budget: civil servants call for better standard of living
2019 Budget: civil servants call for better standard of living
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Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta will present the 2019 Budget on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

Meanwhile, some civil servants are calling for economies that will improve their wellbeing.

According to them, the government must try to reduce the prices of petrol and electricity tariffs to make life easier for them.

A visit to the Ministries by Citi FM had most workers appeal to the government to announce measures that will improve the living conditions in the country.

Daniel Ofori who works at the Ministry of Education said he wants the government to address the high cost of petrol in the country.

“They should reduce the taxes on petroleum products. The high cost of petrol is affecting the prices of all other goods in the country and this is making living difficult for us”, he lamented.

Kwame Danquah, another Civil servant appealed to the government to invest more in tax education in order to increase compliance in the country.

“I believe the government should make provision to invest in tax education. As it is now compliance is low because the ordinary people in the country do not understand why they should pay taxes so the government should do more in this regard”, he said.

Another worker, Isaac Arthur said a general reduction on all taxes in the country is what he is expecting to be announced in the budget.

“Everything is expensive now. Fuel prices have affected everything so what I want is for the Finance Minister to announce a reduction of all taxes in the country”.

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