The Rape Of Tema Port Did Not Start Yesterday

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• Kwaapps 10 years ago

  Kobina, you have touched on various areas but the one I have an issue with is your suggestion regarding reduction of import duty on cars. Currently, there are already enough cars and not enough roads to contain them. The road ...
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  Kobina, you have touched on various areas but the one I have an issue with is your suggestion regarding reduction of import duty on cars. Currently, there are already enough cars and not enough roads to contain them. The roads must be sorted first before your suggestion has any chance of working otherwise the roads will be clogged up and people will have to leave their cars at home and walk!

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• jay 10 years ago

  I think it is a very well written piece..there are a lot of cars plying the rural areas that are wrecks; these ave to be changed. This can only happen if the duties go down

  I think it is a very well written piece..there are a lot of cars plying the rural areas that are wrecks; these ave to be changed. This can only happen if the duties go down

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• Mama Tula 10 years ago

  A wonderful piece but is the government listening. I remember when the then Vice President John Mahama visited the U.S. and met the Ghaianain community there, the question of exccessive tax on imported cars was raised. So far ...
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  A wonderful piece but is the government listening. I remember when the then Vice President John Mahama visited the U.S. and met the Ghaianain community there, the question of exccessive tax on imported cars was raised. So far it was only an ampty promise to look into that. My friend recently brought to Ghana an 11 year old FORD VAN, mind you not for luxury, but for personal use in distribution of vet medicines - a small business he has started as he can not find a job three years after he has graduated from the University. The van cost Euros 1,500 and and shipping cost Euros 1,000. One would be shocked to hear the tax paid in the Port was Cedis 42,000,000 (NGC 42,000). You can sit down, make your own calculation and judge for yourself. Ghanaians are already overtaxed and the Government must be very careful in imposing further taxes.

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• Falcon 10 years ago

  Hats off to you for this excellent piece. If only Ghanaians will read and learn.

  Hats off to you for this excellent piece. If only Ghanaians will read and learn.

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• Gabby USA 10 years ago

  Shipped a used car early this year to Ghana costing $8000 including shipping. It cost close to the same amount to clear it from the port which is outrageous. If the gov't will use the tax revenue to boast the economy, instea ...
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  Shipped a used car early this year to Ghana costing $8000 including shipping. It cost close to the same amount to clear it from the port which is outrageous. If the gov't will use the tax revenue to boast the economy, instead it will end up in an unscrupulous pockets and majority of Ghanaians will be suffering. Well written article Philip K....

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• C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

  Yes, you have a point. I had commented on someone's article already, drawing attention to other forms of evading duties at the ports of entry besides what he mentioned.
  
  Hmm! I must confess I know from practical experience ...
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  Yes, you have a point. I had commented on someone's article already, drawing attention to other forms of evading duties at the ports of entry besides what he mentioned.
  
  Hmm! I must confess I know from practical experience about the problem, perhaps, since I was a kid in the 1960s. You can't come from near the border, esp. the VR border with Togo, without knowing a lot about smuggling and customs officials and their police henchmen. And then, don't we have classmates who have joined the CEPs and the Police and interacted with them? Actually, it was in the 1970s that I came face to face with the truth. Since anything I said/write can be used against me in a court of law, I beg to defer any self-incriminating comment.:-) After all, I wasn't directly responsible; I just saw and/or heard what was happening. It was surely a rip-offs galore! Made me wonder if it was a wise idea to have gone to Legon after Sixth Form, instead of joining the Customs officers school, as I was actually picked and invited. My buddy with only O'L who entered was taking home more money a day than I was bringing home from teaching in Nigeria each term!
  
  The fact of the case is that the loopholes allow those at the very top of govt and the bureaucracy to benefit from the leakages. It is a very lucrative racket. The qs is, can they really stop or curb the most blatant excesses? Someone at the very top of the Long Room in Tema once remarked that they could raise actually 10xs the target given to them by govt if given the chance and backing by govt!
  
  Andy-K

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• Onipanua 10 years ago

  Kobina don't waste your time these block heads will not listen to any good advice.

  Kobina don't waste your time these block heads will not listen to any good advice.

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• Togbe 10 years ago

  You might think after Anas's undercover work that exposed all the rot that was going on at the Tema harbour the axe would fall heavily on the economic saboteurs.The late President was so pissed off with anger at the impunity ...
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  You might think after Anas's undercover work that exposed all the rot that was going on at the Tema harbour the axe would fall heavily on the economic saboteurs.The late President was so pissed off with anger at the impunity of these harbour criminals and we thought there was going to be a change of heart. What is needed is a leader who will act swiftly to use all the powers that be to sweep clean all the rubbish in the harbour of Tema and other places that generate huge revenues that go into private pockets through corruption and pure greed.Mr.President you have the power to do that and Ghanaians are watching you very closely!

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