Gov’t strips councils of tax collection By Norbert Wasso Binde The Cameroonian government officially regains control of local taxation. Through a joint decree signed by the Minister of Finance, Louis Paul Motaze, and the Minister of Decentralization and Local Development, Georges Elanga Obam, councils, city councils and subdivisonal councils, have been stripped of their authority to issue, assess, and collect local taxes, transitioning these powers direct;y to the state. The directive by both ministers has provoked groundswell criticism with some saying the move only goes to betray government’s bad faith over the decentralization process since it started in 2015. The…
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