REAN Advocates 0% Tax on Renewable Energy Products

April 5, 2017
REAN Advocates 0% Tax on Renewable Energy Products

REAN Advocates 0% Tax on Renewable Energy Products

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Federal Government has been urged to ensure no import duty or Value Added Tax (TAX) is placed on all renewable energy products in the country.

This appeal was made by President of the Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN), Mr Segun Adaju.

The association head, who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, explained that this would move would assist in encouraging more investors in the renewable energy sector and also enhance its growth.

According to Mr Adaju, a tax-free policy on all Distributed Renewable Energy Products (DREP) like batteries, inverters, charge controllers and others would promote in-country assembly of DREP in Nigeria.

He pointed out that taxes imposed on integrated solar home systems and others were often unreliable, stressing that Harmonised System (HS) codes were inconsistently applied to DRE products, making it difficult to predict the level of tax charged.

Nigerians are gradually embracing alternative source of power supply due to inconsistency in electricity supply by the power firms in the country.

Renewable energy and products are also becoming popular, though some of the components are still very expensive to acquire, especially solar panels to power appliances in homes.

Modupe Gbadeyanka

Modupe Gbadeyanka is a fast-rising journalist with Business Post Nigeria. Her passion for journalism is amazing. She is willing to learn more with a view to becoming one of the best pen-pushers in Nigeria. Her role models are the duo of CNN's Richard Quest and Christiane Amanpour.

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