Liberia: Intense Lobbying With House of Representatives On 1¢ Per Minute Call

Monrovia — Following the public outcry on the imposition of the US$0.1 per minute tax on telecommunication voice calls, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, along with the Speaker's office, set up a committee to review the impact of the tax on the ordinary and impoverished masses to come up with recommendations/suggestions to ease the burden on the consumers.

Reliable sources from both the House of Representatives and the President's office are quoted as saying that intense lobbying is going on by LonestarCell and LRA Commissioner General Madam Elfreda Tamba, with both the lower House and the President's office not to amend the law but to keep the 1 cent tax on all voice calls

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