GPHA wins 'Best Enterprise Award' for industry leadership

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• Kofi 9 years ago

  Whilst GPHA had done well as a government entity and maritime leader in Ghana, it had failed miserably in ceding business to international companies and the expense of local companies.
  
  I believe the port is like a busines ...
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  Whilst GPHA had done well as a government entity and maritime leader in Ghana, it had failed miserably in ceding business to international companies and the expense of local companies.
  
  I believe the port is like a business table where food (business) is shared. A table has four legs to make it stable. The first leg is the port authority (GPHA). It must manage and regulate the the port. It must partage in some of the business in order to have funds to grow and expand and ensure business is conducted fairly for service providers and service receivers.
  
  The second leg is the international shipping lines that bring their ships to offload abd load cargo at the ports. They must also be given some fair share of them business. If they are denied business they get less and less interested in the port. If they gain all the business they will stifle the third leg which is the local businesses.
  
  The third leg or local businesses must also participate in the business. If they are offered all the work the other stakeholders will suffer which will not be good because they will become ineffective and complacent. So instead of killing off local businesses with the excuses that their international counters are better, the best amongst these local businesses should be banded together to gain capacity to compete with the international players. The bad ones must be retired. There could even be international local partnerships to help all stake holders. That way Ghana too can dream of having big international maritime companies someday.
  
  The last leg is the government or the rule of law to ensure business is conducted within the law. And business is conducted fairly and legally. It ensures all party are in harmony.
  
  These four legs make a the port strong and positioned for growth. It ensures there is competition and fairness. The port is a national asset that must benefit the nation but because it involves players it must benefit those who bring their ships here to do business. Any time we take out a leg we are jeapozing the economic stability of the ports.

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• Worried 9 years ago

  And how much did GPHA pay for this award. If you Google the EBA you will find some interesting stories

  And how much did GPHA pay for this award. If you Google the EBA you will find some interesting stories

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• Emmanuel Agumah 9 years ago

  Congratulations DG Richard Anamoo and your entire team at GPHA. You are such a great leader and has transformed the GPHA. Some of us are very proud of you and your hardworking team

  Congratulations DG Richard Anamoo and your entire team at GPHA. You are such a great leader and has transformed the GPHA. Some of us are very proud of you and your hardworking team

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