The provincial government wants to encourage mining operators to pay taxes correctly – DRC
The governor ai of Lualaba, Fifi Masuka Saïni, this Thursday, April 1, sensitized mining operators to respect for tax culture in order to generate the financial means to develop the province in the interest of all. This meeting took place in the presence of senior officers of the FARDC and the Congolese National Police.
Through this meeting, Fifi Masuka wants to encourage mining operators to pay taxes correctly. Traders, managers of mining cooperatives as well as state services working in this sector took part in this exchange among others.
“Today we have more than 170,000 diggers working in the mining sites, but who still reflect a mine of misery. Lualaba is producing a lot, but the results are not satisfactory in the field. Of the 100% of minerals exported, 20% come from artisanal production. And the province is losing so many millions because traceability is not respected. Hence, it is time for us to get up so that we can finally keep our economic flagship ››, Fifi Masuka said in particular.
Some of the mining operators, for their part, told the provincial authority of some concerns, including the lack of artisanal mining areas commonly called ZEA.
To this concern, the governor ai of Lualaba has promised to receive them in delegation in the days to come but maintains that the ZEA still exist.
