Businesses gang up against Shippers’ Authority; threaten to close shops

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• Tk 10 years ago

  The new advance shipment notification is a total waste of money and clearly someone is pocketing money on this system since it come with a charge for every shipment. The objective is to have data on imports for policy direct ...
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  The new advance shipment notification is a total waste of money and clearly someone is pocketing money on this system since it come with a charge for every shipment. The objective is to have data on imports for policy direction which can be obtained in any case from GCNet so why this attempt by Ghana Shippers Authority to introduce such a bogus system. The new system requires exporters to deposit $250 towards their fees so imagine a million exporters into Ghana.. someone is trying to collect a % of the $ 250 million !!!!!@!@! After this deposit they would deduct their charges from each shipment. THESE THIEFS SHOULD STOP TAKING US TO BE FOOLS. EACH TIME SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE MONEY THEY INTRODUCE A NEW PROCEDURE. WE ARE FED UP AND WILL NOT ACCEPTED SUCH OPEN STEALING ANY MORE.

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• IKE 10 years ago

  Greedy fools want to take Ghana for a ride by stealing from shippers.Total ignorance, business in Ghana is already "on life support" n instead of reviving it by reducing taxes n other unnecessary charges they r rather "pullin ...
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  Greedy fools want to take Ghana for a ride by stealing from shippers.Total ignorance, business in Ghana is already "on life support" n instead of reviving it by reducing taxes n other unnecessary charges they r rather "pulling the plug" meanwhile these same people creating the mess clear their goods n cars for free in the name of politice.Judgement day awaits them.

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• Akonta Alex 10 years ago

  They seem to be making it ever more exceedingly hard for importers, whereas they promised "transparency" at the port.
  
  To get Import Permits for agricultural plants & equipment is also unnecessarily hard, even despite the i ...
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  They seem to be making it ever more exceedingly hard for importers, whereas they promised "transparency" at the port.
  
  To get Import Permits for agricultural plants & equipment is also unnecessarily hard, even despite the importer providing e.g. all the correct phyto-sanitary certificates and though they know the same plants have been imported before. The Agric Department branches in Kumasi ASO can not even issue a simple permit. One has to travel to Accra for everything, and if someone doesn't have contacts in the Agric Ministry there, that means waiting for several days in Accra or traveling at least thrice.
  
  The whole system is not citizen-/ customer-/ business-friendly.
  
  And then they wonder why progress and development are stuck at times.
  
  Maybe they also try to prevent over-importing to protect domestic manufacturers - but for most items, Ghanaian producers simply don't exist.
  
  Now that they've signed EPA, after the fact, they are belatedly trying to promote "Made in Ghana" to "compete" against the tide of products coming in from subsidized Europe.
  
  Oh my...

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• DG 10 years ago

  DELAYS AT PORT ARE NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED BY THIS NEW ADVANCE SYSTEM NOTIFICATION. THE DELAYS AT PORT ARE DUE TO LAYERS OF BUREAUCRACY AND DELAYS IN SCANNING OF CONTAINERS AT THE PORT ITSELF WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. STOP ...
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  DELAYS AT PORT ARE NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED BY THIS NEW ADVANCE SYSTEM NOTIFICATION. THE DELAYS AT PORT ARE DUE TO LAYERS OF BUREAUCRACY AND DELAYS IN SCANNING OF CONTAINERS AT THE PORT ITSELF WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. STOP THROWN DUST INTO PEOPLES EYE. DO YOU THINK WE ARE FOOLS. YOU JUST WANT TO FIND A WAYS OF MAKING MONEY ON THE SWEAT AND SUFFERING OF THE ORDINARY BUSINESS PEOPLE

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• AMASAMAN 10 years ago

  INTELLIGENTSIA IN GHANA ARE VERY DUBIOUS AND CRIMINAL ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRESENT NDC IN POWER ALWAYS CONNIVING AND CONDONING SUCH THIEVERY.....THE BUSINESSES AND THEIR LEADERSHIP MUST NOT ALLOW THIS BROAD DAY LIGHT ROBBERY T ...
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  INTELLIGENTSIA IN GHANA ARE VERY DUBIOUS AND CRIMINAL ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRESENT NDC IN POWER ALWAYS CONNIVING AND CONDONING SUCH THIEVERY.....THE BUSINESSES AND THEIR LEADERSHIP MUST NOT ALLOW THIS BROAD DAY LIGHT ROBBERY TO TAKE PLACE AT ALL......

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