THE Government has been urged to protect local industries so that to wide chances for them to increase Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSRs) programmes that contribute to the diversity of social development in the country.
Responding to a question
from this paper on challenges that Tanga Cement Company Limited (TCCL) meets
while giving back to society part of its benefits through CSR Programmes, the
company’s Managing Director, Mr. Erik Westerberg said society needs more than
what it is given.
“Our policy is to give
back to society one per cent of the profit, so we would be in good position of
giving bigger than what we do if our benefit was big,” he said
Mr Westerberg said one of
the Government’s roles is to protect the interests of TCCL and other local
companies so that they get more profit, hence they give back more to society to
support the Governemt’s efforts to improve social services.
"The Government invests a lot on its efforts to look for foreign investors but it should understand that it is also obliged to prepare fair competition ground to protect local industries for the benefits of Tanzanians,” he said.
He reinstated his statement he issued in Dar es Salaam last week that TCCL and other local cement producers were doing businesses on unfair and hard condition due to smuggling into Tanzania of 70 per cent of cement through Zanzibar channel.
"It is due to this fact that I doubt whether we will be able to continue efficiently with our CSR proggrammes that have benefited are good number of Tanzanians. There is no fair competition in the cement industry hence jeopardizes our efforts to improve lives of Tanzanians,” said Mr. Westerberg.
In the same spirit of giving back to society part of TCCL’s profit, Mr Westerberg handed over one renovated police residence house of Makorora Police Station to the Tanga Regional Police Commander (RPC), ACP Constantine Massawe.
"The Government invests a lot on its efforts to look for foreign investors but it should understand that it is also obliged to prepare fair competition ground to protect local industries for the benefits of Tanzanians,” he said.
He reinstated his statement he issued in Dar es Salaam last week that TCCL and other local cement producers were doing businesses on unfair and hard condition due to smuggling into Tanzania of 70 per cent of cement through Zanzibar channel.
"It is due to this fact that I doubt whether we will be able to continue efficiently with our CSR proggrammes that have benefited are good number of Tanzanians. There is no fair competition in the cement industry hence jeopardizes our efforts to improve lives of Tanzanians,” said Mr. Westerberg.
In the same spirit of giving back to society part of TCCL’s profit, Mr Westerberg handed over one renovated police residence house of Makorora Police Station to the Tanga Regional Police Commander (RPC), ACP Constantine Massawe.
| Tanga Cement Co Ltd Managing Director, Erik Westerberg (L ) handing over a key to Tanga Regional Police Commander, ACP. Constantine Massawe, of a house it has rehabilitated to be used by Makorora police station officers in Tanga. Looking on is TCCL Plant Manager, Eng. Ben Lema. |
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