Ghana to plug US$127 billion revenue leakages with new AI customs tool

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Sage 2 months ago

Remember ! Never Forget Manual Records!
the Machine is always the weak link

Remember ! Never Forget Manual Records!
the Machine is always the weak link
Mamavi Bodzoga 2 months ago

Sage thank you very much for the common sense comment on the above story. Ghanaian organizations should immediately stop talking about AI ASSISTED TOOLS. Most advanced and serious countries are reducing the impact of AI in se ...
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Sage thank you very much for the common sense comment on the above story. Ghanaian organizations should immediately stop talking about AI ASSISTED TOOLS. Most advanced and serious countries are reducing the impact of AI in serious government interventions and policies. AIcan generate anything and present reports on non existent projects. Let’s be very wise and cautious in following untested technologies. As indicated the machine is always the weakest link. Do the hard work with very trained experts and well educated professionals. A word to the wise …….
Hahahaha 2 months ago

No one is talking about ChatGPT oooo

No one is talking about ChatGPT oooo
JESUS IS GOD 2 months ago

Come to Me, all who are weary — Matthew 11:28.
Bring your burden to Jesus; He will give you rest and new life.

Come to Me, all who are weary — Matthew 11:28.
Bring your burden to Jesus; He will give you rest and new life.
Kwame nkrumah 2 months ago

SML?

SML?
mm 2 months ago

haha how much is Ghana's gdp

haha how much is Ghana's gdp
MONETARY MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT CREATING THE LIVING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE HUMANS WHO MAKE UP THE ECONOMY. 2 months ago

THE CENTRAL BANKS' MONETARY MANAGEMENT MUST BE ABOUT CREATING THE LIVING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE HUMANS WHO MAKE UP THE ECONOMY.

WITHOUT HUMANS WHO CREATE THE ECONOMY (GHANAIANS), THERE WILL BE NO ECONOMY FOR THE GOVERN ...
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THE CENTRAL BANKS' MONETARY MANAGEMENT MUST BE ABOUT CREATING THE LIVING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE HUMANS WHO MAKE UP THE ECONOMY.

WITHOUT HUMANS WHO CREATE THE ECONOMY (GHANAIANS), THERE WILL BE NO ECONOMY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO CONSOLIDATE AND BRING ABOUT DISCIPLINED MARKETS, LET ALONE THE MACRO-ECONOMIC STABILITY OF GHANA.

GHANA HAS NO "MACRO-ECOMINI", ANYWAY. SO THE FOCUS MUST RATHER BE MORE ON THE DOMESTIC OR MICRO-ECONOMY BY SLASHING THE PLETHORA OF EXPLOITATIVE WICKED STATUTORY TAXES AND TARIFFS IN GHANA TO MAKE LIFE DECENT AND AFFORDABLE FOR ALL GHANAIANS.

WHAT'S THE POINT IN ALL THE ABOVE WHEN ORDINARY GHANAIANS CANNOT AFFORD
A FULL TANK OF PETROL FOR THEIR VEHICLES FOR WORK AND OTHER FUNCTIONS, WHILE GHANIAAN LEADERS NEVER PERSONALLY PAY FOR THE FUEL CONSUMED BY THEIR FREE GAS-GUZZLING VEHICLES ALLOCATED FREE TO THEM, AND MOST OF WHICH TURN OUT TO BECOME THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTIES.

WHEN KOFI JUMAH'S ARSE WAS KICKED OUT OF GIHOC DISTILLERIES, TWO OFFICIAL VEHICLES HE ALLOCATED TO HIMSELF FOR HIS PERSONAL AND PRIVATE USE HAD TO BE IMPOUNDED BY FORCE BY THE GOVERNMENT FROM HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE. BEFORE THEN, ALL OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE FUELLED FREE BY THE POOR BANKRUPTED TAXPAYERS OF HOPELESS GHANA.

THIS SAGA OF THE CRIMINAL KOFI JUMAH PLAYS OUT AMONG THE HEADS OF ALMOST ALL OF GHANA'S GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR MASSIVE ECONOMIC LEAKAGES PERPETRATED BY THE VERY PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND REMUNERATED GENEROUSLY BY THE POOR BANKRUPTED PEOPLE OF GHANA WHO CANNOT AFFORD A DECENT MEAL A DAY DUE TO THE KILLER GOVERNMENT TAXES WICKEDLY LEVIED ON EVERY CONSUMER PRODUCT IN GHANA.

AS FOR THE WICKED TAXES AND TARIFFS IMPOSED ON THE SUPPLY OF "DUMSOR" ELECTRICITY AND POLLUTED AND SCARCE MAINS WATER, THE LITTLE SAID ABOUT THOSE, THE BETTER.

MEANWHILE, GHANA'S LEADERS GET ALL OF THOSE FOR FREE IN THEIR FREE GOVERNMENT BUNGALOWS, INCLUDING FREE FUEL COUPONS. THIS IS NOT FAIR. IT'S LIKE THE POOR FEEDING AND FUNDING THE WELL-PAID GHANA LEADERS.

SO, THE CENTRAL BANKS' MONETARY MANAGEMENT MUST BE ABOUT CREATING THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR MAKING LIFE DECENT AND WORTH LIVING FOR THE HUMANS WHO MAKE UP THAT ECONOMY.

ANYTHING SHORT OF THE ABOVE MAKES GHANA A ROBBING-PETER-TO-PAY-PAUL "PONZI ECONOMY", A BANANA REPUBLIC AND AN ANIMALS' KINGDOM. THERE'S NO BLESSING IN DOING THAT TO THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED IN ANY SOCIETY, AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY GHANA CONTINUES TO BE CURSED, DESPITE THE COUNTLESS NATURAL RESOURCES GOD HAS ENDOWED ON GHANA.
Francis Mccarthy. UK 2 months ago

Oooh. GhanaWeb. $127billion annually?

Oooh. GhanaWeb. $127billion annually?
Farmer 2 months ago

Not even in 100 years combined. LOL

Not even in 100 years combined. LOL
Alkabulan 2 months ago

This is waste of money ,we dont need that shit.

This is waste of money ,we dont need that shit.

Greatman 2 months ago

How much do we even have as a nation?
This is a political talk.

How much do we even have as a nation?
This is a political talk.
YB 2 months ago

Another overexaggerated claim again. We hear these types of over promise, over-ambitious goals with unattainable claims all the time. Just watch, in the end, GRA will incur US$127+ billion in debt instead of generating revenu ...
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Another overexaggerated claim again. We hear these types of over promise, over-ambitious goals with unattainable claims all the time. Just watch, in the end, GRA will incur US$127+ billion in debt instead of generating revenue, and then Parliament will implement a tax to pay the debt. The tax will be called the AI Tool Tax (ATT). Fed up with the deception!!
Good Citizen 2 months ago

127 billion dollars? Mr. Dep. Minister come again, that figure can't be right

127 billion dollars? Mr. Dep. Minister come again, that figure can't be right
Jahstone 2 months ago

another SML in the making

another SML in the making
Wahalla 2 months ago

Ghana GDP is only $80 Billion, that is every thing and service sold in Ghana... so the statement would make Hans Christian Anderson blush and he wrote some of the world's best fairy stories.

Ghana GDP is only $80 Billion, that is every thing and service sold in Ghana... so the statement would make Hans Christian Anderson blush and he wrote some of the world's best fairy stories.
Zack 2 months ago

Its actually between $ 88 billion and about $111 billion depending on if you quote worldbank,IMF or CIA nominal GDP figures

Its actually between $ 88 billion and about $111 billion depending on if you quote worldbank,IMF or CIA nominal GDP figures
Kojo 2 months ago

Settings 101

Settings 101
Fireman 2 months ago

Also consider to make payments of duties and cost digital, we are sick and tired of always going physically to the bank with long queues and mostly they closing on holidays and weekends. We should be able to pay straight from ...
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Also consider to make payments of duties and cost digital, we are sick and tired of always going physically to the bank with long queues and mostly they closing on holidays and weekends. We should be able to pay straight from our bank account. This should apply to a lot of things. Our systems are getting old and not evolving to make trade smooth enough.
Our banks in collaboration wit GRA should start rolling out a lot of POS point of sale terminals to traders. We are sick and tired of carrying huge cash in public just to go pay for something. It is dangerous...
Kpe Kobla 2 months ago

Fireman, you are far behind time, duty & other taxes are paid from your YAM PHONE now...

Fireman, you are far behind time, duty & other taxes are paid from your YAM PHONE now...
Problem is corruption 2 months ago

AI will not get rid of corrupt politicians and their business associates. They are bleeding the country dry with impunity. We need to stop the big English and deal with these criminals. Nana Addo and his family plus some NPP ...
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AI will not get rid of corrupt politicians and their business associates. They are bleeding the country dry with impunity. We need to stop the big English and deal with these criminals. Nana Addo and his family plus some NPP and NDC politicians.

Prayer 2 months ago

$127 billion? Wouldn't Ghana transform to the next Dubai overnight ie by 2027.It story says the new AI tool will be implemented starting February this year 2026.If we leave January 2026 out,as the month itself is already gone ...
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$127 billion? Wouldn't Ghana transform to the next Dubai overnight ie by 2027.It story says the new AI tool will be implemented starting February this year 2026.If we leave January 2026 out,as the month itself is already gone,we expect,conservatively $100 billion into the consolidated fund by 31 December of this year.This time,we no want any ORAL overestimation or any SML cooked scheme that end up with billions of dollars in a cabals' pocket whilst common tap water,we don't get for months and our roads are death traps.Now,my question for Thomas Ampem Darko is,in whose pockets hae $127 billion being entering every year when we can't even boast of a single dollar billionaire in Ghana.We should have had multiple billionaires in Ghana all over the place by yesterday.The alleged leakage is supposedly carried out by customs officers together with Ghanian importers and exporters.If this humongous amount every year does not go to the government,it should be in the pockets of individual Ghanians.How come we don't see it nor feel it? It is too early to start lieng Mr Minister please.Anyway,31 December will surely come or Christ comes first

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