Story: Michael Donkor
New terminals are to be set up at the arrival hall of the Kotoka International Airport to enable travellers with commercial luggage to pay their duties.
The move is to address the frustrations travellers with commercial luggage go through on arrival at the airport.
An Assistant Commissioner of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr Sam Yankyera, announced this at an open forum organised by the Ghana Shippers Council for the members of the Ghana Union Traders Association in Accra yesterday.
Travellers with commercial luggage who arrive at the airport are referred to the Cargo Village to declare their goods and pay their duties there.
The current situation, according to some of the travellers who were present at the forum, is very frustrating because it takes days for the authorities at the Cargo Village to attend to them.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers Council, Mr Emmanuel Martey, said the forum was in line with the council’s policy of reaching out to and interacting with importers and exporters, as well as traders in their localities, to learn of the problems confronting them.
He observed that the problems associated with the clearance of goods had been a matter of concern to Ghanaian shippers over the years.
Mr Martey said this problem was due to the fact that several organisations were involved in the clearance of goods at the ports.
He, therefore, called for concerted efforts of all the stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the problems.
Mr Martey said to minimise the problems in the clearance of goods the council had acquired six large warehouses in a prime location at the Tema Port area to provide quality warehousing facilities to shippers to ensure the safety and security of their cargo.
He appealed to the shippers to consult the council to guide them in their business transaction decisions, in order to forestall being swindled by charlatans.
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