Africa-Press – Tanzania. THE private sector will earn unconditional support from the government if it will do open business and pay taxes, Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai, said here recently.
Addressing members of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), Mr Ndugai said the government wants to see the private sector growing because, he explained, a healthy private sector increases government revenue.
“I think the only thing the government wants from the private sector is honest and open business. Be sincere in your conduct as you do business, then you will get unconditional support from this government. The government is sincere in its words and actions towards the private sector,” he affirmed.
He said for Tanzania’s products to be competitive in the world market, the private sector has to produce clean and safe products that meet international standards without forgetting to do honest and open business so that the nation can earn foreign currency.
The Speaker also pledged parliament support to the private, saying the parliament will work with the private sector using its Standing Committee on Industries, Trade and Environment.
“We the members of parliament are ready to work together with the TCCIA on matters of laws and policy using our standing committee and constant dialogue with various parliamentary standing committees in order to promote national economy,” he assured
He said Dodoma is in the middle of the country and called on TCCIA members to invest in agriculture and agro-industries in order to add value to crops and animal products produced in Tanzania’s central regions, adding that implementing such a move will be in line with the national agenda of having a self-reliant and industrial economy by 2025.
TCCIA President Paul Koyi said the chamber appreciates government’s support, adding that the chamber is in the fore front in advising TCCIA member on best ways of doing business and increasing capital of budding entrepreneurs.
Dodoma Regional Commissioner Antony Mtaka said the government has created conditions that are friendly to the private sector and has removed hurdles that stood in the way of doing smooth business. He, too, appealed to chamber members to invest in Dodoma, saying the RC’s office will give prospective investors all the necessary support they need.
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