At end of working visit to Littoral: Interim mines minister announces crackdown on quarry tax evaders.

 Prof Fuh Calistus made the announcement yesterday, as he came to the end of a three-day working visit to the  Sanaga Maritime and Moungo Divisions of the Littoral Region.

Yesterday, the member of government ended his field visit in the Moungo Division. He visited several quarries and later held a meeting with stakeholders, among them administrative and municipal authorities alongside actors in the quarry sector.

 After sensitising those concerned on the need to be responsible taxpayers, Prof Fuh Calistus was firm that the era of disorder and tax evading is over. He sounded the warning that going forward, authorities will crackdown on those who have not been paying quarry taxes.

The Interim Minister evoked provisions in this year’s fiscal policy of the state, instituting sanctions on defaulters. The Finance Law for this year is said to have projected revenue collection of two billion FCFA from the quarry sector. The Minister also discussed on the granting of semi-mechanised permits to operators.

 Added to this, Prof Fuh Calistus underscored the need for more projects to be carried out in host communities in the interest of the local the population. This, he said, is imperative at a time the Head of State, President Pau Biya, is accelerating the decentralisation process.

Still in the quarry sector, Prof Fuh Calistus said in the days ahead, Regional and Divisional delegates nationwide will be given updated information on the need to meet the revenue quota fixed by the Ministry of Finance this 2023.

 He visited quarries being exploited by cement companies; CIMENCAM and Dangote. Prof Fuh Calistus was also at the office of bottled water and beverages production company, Source du Pays. 

Prof Fuh Calistus descended to the field on the instructions of the Prime Minister, Head of Government. On Tuesday June 20, which marked day one of his three-day visit, Prof Fuh Calistus held similar sensitisation meetings with quarry operators and local authorities in the Sanaga Maritime Division. The meeting took place in Edea.

Other aspects of the visit had before yesterday resulted in a technical session on the ALLCUM-SOCATRAL merger being worked out. A review had also been made of ALUCAM’s debts with the electricity supply company, Energy of Cameroon, ENEO. 

Experts, during the meeting had underscored that the merger will result in the raising of ALUCAM’ s capital, a move it was said, would put the company back on the path of profitability. He also visited the site of paper company, CELLUCAM, which COMETAL was supposed to have depolluted.