evidence: The proposed bill seeks to amend the VAT (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1082) to remove the VAT on sanitary pads and tampons. The lawmaker for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu has presented a draft bill to Parliament calling on the government to scrap the 20 percent luxury tax and the 15 percent Value Added Tax on sanitary pads to make them affordable. [...] Prior to the 2020 general elections, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, promised that the next administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will remove import duties on sanitary pads.