The Chief Executive Officer of Zonda Tec Ghana, Yang Yang, has appealed to the government to reduce taxes on locally assembled vehicles, arguing that the move would make vehicle ownership more accessible to teachers, nurses, doctors and other essential public sector workers.
According to her, lowering taxes on domestically assembled vehicles would not only boost Ghana’s automotive industry but also improve the welfare, productivity and efficiency of professionals whose services are critical to national development.
Madam Yang urged the Ministry of Finance to introduce tax incentives that would encourage more Ghanaians to purchase vehicles assembled in the country.
Madam Yang said affordable vehicle ownership should be a priority for frontline professionals, particularly teachers, nurses and doctors, whose daily responsibilities require reliable transportation.
“I always want to go to the government, especially if I can meet the Finance Minister. I want to tell him in Ghana, the teachers, the nurses, the doctors, they need to be able to afford a vehicle,” she said.
She stressed that reducing taxes on locally assembled vehicles would ease the financial burden on workers while supporting the government’s industrialisation agenda.
The Zonda Tec Ghana CEO argued that access to personal transportation would improve employee morale and ultimately translate into better service delivery in both the education and healthcare sectors.
Highlighting the importance of teachers, she said they deserve better working conditions because of their role in shaping future generations.
“The teacher is the cultivator for the soul. If they don’t have a vehicle, how will they treat your children? So we need to lower the tax to enable them to afford a vehicle, and they will treat your children well.”
She made a similar appeal on behalf of healthcare professionals, noting that transportation challenges can affect the wellbeing and motivation of nurses and other medical workers.
“A nurse today, if someone is in the hospital, a nurse cannot afford a vehicle when she goes to work. She’s also already fed up. How can she treat the patients well?” she asked.
Madam Yang further urged the government to introduce policies that would strengthen Ghana’s growing vehicle assembly industry by making locally assembled vehicles more competitive and affordable.
She appealed for tax relief measures that would encourage consumers to choose vehicles assembled in Ghana while supporting local manufacturing and job creation.
