Hédjranawé Market: women protest against multiple and exorbitant taxes

Women resellers in the Hedranawé market (Lomé) no longer bear the multiple taxes imposed by the collectors. This Tuesday, forced once again to pay the costs of ticket, some of them have shown their displeasure, recounts a statement of the Movement Martin Luther King.

These women have become accustomed every night to leave the ground floor to spread out their goods on the market esplanade, doors already closing at 5 pm. While they are already paying for their place in the market, another tax is imposed on them once their goods are spread out.

Yesterday the collectors were faced with the "refusal of a category of woman not to pay evening tickets even though they are already subscribing to the monthly bill of 3000f and 1000f for guarding at night. The other category of women are opposed to the double ticket, one in the morning and one in the evening making 400f to 800f the cost of tickets per day, "reads the statement.

As a result, these women pay FCFA 10,000 a month for places "while monthly income and profits are sometimes slightly higher or even lower than the cost of tickets," says Komi.

The worst part of all of this is that despite these taxes no proper development is done in the market. "In spite of these excessive costs, the places where the goods are displayed are accidental and unrecognizable especially during the rainy season," the statement said.

Pastor Edoh Komi, takes the side of these women and asks the "authorities and members of the Board of the EPAM to stop this double payment of the tickets per day".

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