The real problem facing our markets is their management. Even these markets of another century, which are said to be constructed with billions of francs (although it is truly the funds publicly communicated that are used), do not escape the general approximate management of the country in these places by Excellence where our mothers and sisters are fighting every day to find their pittance. And we already know almost what they are subjected to in terms of levying taxes (commonly called "tickets"). Obviously, no Togolese can be denied the duty of paying taxes. However, it is legitimate to ask what use these hundreds of thousands of F CFA picked up in the markets every day,
A trip to the market of Akodessewa (a place renowned because of its proximity to the fetish market) in this rainy season makes it possible to realize the scandalous insalubrity, the calvary that these traders live, despite the taxes that Are taken from these men and women every day. And precisely concerning these levies, voices are raised among these traders to denounce a form of scam that does not say its name, established by market officials. On Saturday at the Akodessewa market, a woman who sold corn, smoked fish and condiments received three tickets alone from a collector. After the latter's departure, we had the curiosity to know a little more.
In reality, the woman had a ticket for each of her displays. She had to pay 450 FCFA in total, that is to say 150 FCFA for the display of corn, 150 FCFA for that of the fishes and 150 FCFA for the condiments. "We come here sometimes without selling anything. But we are obliged to pay these taxes. I have just paid 450 F while I have not yet made a recipe of 1000 F in the day, but it is soon 18 hours. You see what we are experiencing in this market? "Says the reseller. According to him, things did not happen that way a few years ago. Traders had only to pay a fee of 150 FCFA, regardless of the display. No one knows today on what basis a dealer has to pay up to this amount today for her displays. "We ask ourselves the question every day without finding a solution. And it is not those who come to take us this money who will explain us. But despite all that, look at the conditions in which we are in the market. Is the money they are collecting used for? We're tired, "she adds.
The collector agent preview was wearing boots, because after this rain that watered the city on Saturday night, the Akodessewa market was unrecognizable. The dealers were sitting in front of their stalls barefoot in water mixed with garbage. A nauseating odor emanates throughout the market, since these waters forming mud with the garbage have been there for several days. Outside of these "shit" that these men and women rub shoulders every day, they also carry out a fierce fight against the flies, Especially food retailers who pay these taxes. "They (Boots, collectors), they have boots to wear and come to strip us of the meager recipes that made during the day. We who feed them with our sweats under the sun or our cold in the rain, we have our feet in the water and mud. They do not even hesitate to install adequate infrastructure in the market to relieve traders. See for yourself! "Lamented another reseller. Beside the market, there are piles of garbage found in pools of water. People are obliged to cohabit with these refuse in a market where taxes are regularly collected at the dealers.
It's really incredible, what happens in the markets, not only in Lomé, But also in the major cities of the country. There is every reason to believe that those responsible for these markets are only interested in the revenue generated by these places. Maintenance or sanitation is the last of their worries. And as can be seen, it is the traders and traders who pay the heavy price
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