NDC MP Went to parliament with sanitary pads and called for further tax relief

Deputy Minority Whip of Parliament Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe took the 2024 budget debate to another level when she brought a sanitary pad and a piece of cloth to demand that the government remove all taxes on sanitary products for women.

According to her, taxes on all sanitary pads should be scrapped so they are affordable for women of all economic statuses.
Making an argument on the floor of parliament on Monday, she said, “The same way there is zero tax on condoms, we are pleading that for women, this is our pride and it is not our fault to menstruate. These rural communities are suffering when it comes to menstruation.

Comfort Doyoe, who is also the MP for the Ada constituency, is insisting that many women and schoolchildren cannot afford it and have had to resort to the use of pieces of cloth, which is unhealthy.
In this regard, she appealed to the speaker: “We are crying, we are pleading, it’s a pity, go and investigate. Mr. Speaker, I will tender the two pieces of evidence [a pad and a piece of cloth].”

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