Africa: Jonathan at AU Summit, Advocates Taxes on Imports Into Africa

Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan has advocated establishment of a tax regime on goods imported into Africa, as a means of generating revenue to fund infrastructural projects on the continent.

The President made the suggestion in Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday while presenting Nigeria's debate on mobilising resources for funding development projects in Africa, using the Nigeria-Algeria trans-Saharan gas pipeline project as an example.

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