{"id":24453,"date":"2018-06-20T11:54:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T10:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=24453"},"modified":"2018-06-20T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T10:54:16","slug":"alcoholtobacco-excise-duty-hike-man-labels-adeosun-imf-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/alcoholtobacco-excise-duty-hike-man-labels-adeosun-imf-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol,Tobacco Excise Duty Hike: MAN Labels Adeosun IMF Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (MAN), a sectoral group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has accused the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of executing the agenda of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the management of the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIMAN), Mr. Patrick Anegbe, while speaking with newsmen in Lagos, maintained that the highly punitive and selective astronomical hike in duty was purely an IMF agenda being camouflaged as a health concern.<\/p>\n<p>Anegbe further stated that the association was sad to note that the hike in duty is an attempt to foist an IMF sponsored agenda on Nigeria, which he said, will further compound the hardship of already impoverished citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The DIBAN Chairman worried that, if the implementation of the new duty hike is allowed to proceed, the prices of their products will be high and unaffordable by consumers, adding that, this will result in low demand for products with consequent job loses of over 25,000 Nigerian employyes and over 250,000 connected SMEs workers.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We are also concerned that the new excise duty will lead to the collapse of the indigenous wines and spirits segment and pave way for the complete takeover of the Nigeria wines and spirits market by the imported and smuggled brands.<\/p>\n<p>We are also disturbed that the new hike will not only affect the wines and spirits industry but also other key sectors of the economy and businesses such as packaging industries, bottles, cartons, labels, cork, laminates, glue, ink, printing, laboratory, marketing, consulting, media, to mention a few,\u2019\u2019 he warned.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new duty regime being approved for implementation by Adeosun, this translates to an increase in duty from the current average of N30 per litre to N150 per litre in the first year and 200 per litre subsequently.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (MAN), a sectoral group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has accused the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of executing the agenda of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the management of the country\u2019s economy. 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