Transportation, hotels and restaurants, and commerce are the sectors that the government says have been most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. This is the result of a study carried out by the government in order to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the national economy, and to determine the accompanying measures to be implemented to support sectors in difficulty , as well as the most fragile households.
In view of the encouraging results observed in the response strategy against the Covid 19, the Head of State has just instructed the implementation of flexibility measures and support for the sectors hard hit by the health crisis. These are 19 measures that were presented on April 30 by the Prime Minister of the Government.
Among them is “the opening beyond 6 p.m. of drinking places, restaurants and places of leisure, with the obligation for customers and users to respect barrier measures, in particular the wearing of protective masks and distancing social… support for companies’ treasury through the allocation of a special envelope of CFAF 25 billion for the clearance of stocks of VAT credits awaiting reimbursement.”
The hotel and transportation sectors hit hard by the pandemic have not been left behind. Joseph Dion Ngute announced among other things “the exemption from the Tourist tax in the hotel and restaurant sector for the rest of the financial year 2020… the exemption from the withholding tax and the parking tax for taxis and motorbikes taxis, as well as the axle tax for the 2nd quarter the lifting of the measure reducing the regulatory number of passengers in all public transport by bus and taxis.
The wearing of the mask remains compulsory and overloading prohibited … the maintenance, for the next three months, namely from May to July, of the payment of family allowances to the staff of companies unable to pay social security contributions or who have put their staff in technical leave due to the economic downturn in activity, particularly in catering, hotels, transport ”.
The Head of State also decided to extend, for an additional period of 15 days, the response measures adopted on March 17, renewable.
