Tax exemption on basic goods: PNG Party

Taxes exemption on basic food items such as rice and tinned fish will be one of the campaign platforms, PNG Party will take into the 2017 National Election.

PNG Party General Secretary Kila Poka said average Papua New Guineans must be able to purchase good food to improve their living standard.    

He added that tax exemptions will be placed on imported building materials and appliances to make it easy for Papua New Guineans to build decent houses.

PNG Party aims to achieve this by increasing funding and capacity to the National Housing Corporation and also  parliamentarians DSIP and PSIP funding to build houses by committing K1.5 million annually.       Poka said that it is in line with the party’s political policy in raising human development index which is the yard stick to measure progress and development of any nation.

 He added that monies received from the non-renewable sector will be utilised into funding the renewal sectors to support the country’s economy

PNG Party policies covers, the Family Units, Social Sector, Economic Sector and Peace, Security, Justice and Public Services.

Poka was speaking at the National Research Institute organised public forum for political parties in Port Moresby today.

 

Picture: PNG Party General Secretary Kila Poka. 

 

Author: 
Charles Yapumi