Ghana bans land transit of rice, sugar, frozen food and others

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  • prophet mohammed was a sick dog 8 hours ago

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  • GUARANTEED DAILY CA$H INCOME FOR YOU IF YOU PICK UP THIS!!! 5 hours ago

    Hmmmm...Your Training & Personal Development Budget is your best investment for self advancement.Train for better daily income this year - Phones break every day. Urgency of action is good for MARCHING forward - this season g ...
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  • Code 9 5 hours ago

    No one is paying attention to you, Mr. C.I.A sponsored lunatic... we together forever in Ghana...
    Muslim and Christians we love ourselves and celebrate each other every day...

  • KO 7 hours ago

    This needs clarification, does it mean all these items are going to be transported by air? Thank you.

  • Francis Mccarthy 7 hours ago

    ATO FoRSON knows “ ALMOST ALL ALL THE LOOPHOLES “ because he’s been there BEFORE. PERFECT as the NEXT PRESIDENT

  • Kwasi 5 hours ago

    Our harbour will soon be abandoned by landlocked countries using our harbour. How will they get these heavy loads to their countries? They should be made to pay the full duties on their imported goods and get refunded when th ...
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  • Shai 38 minutes ago

    He said land boarders. Some people ship through Togo on transit to Burkina or Mali and Niger, but then turn around and sell locally. One entry point for transit goods will help governments to control in flows and maximise rev ...
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  • Tamale North Boy 5 hours ago

    Niger, Burkina Faso are to use Togo and Ivory Coast for transit. Simple.

  • Ato forson next president 4 hours ago

    This is the right person for ghana .
    Ghana is moving forward fast with the right people.

  • Kelvin 3 hours ago

    I will seek the full details and make my comments later. But I am sure the minister has worked out his plans for nipping things in the bud. Africans dont like paying taxes but would readily spend their wealth on irrelevancies ...
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  • Abrantie 3 hours ago

    This decision is playing to the advantage of the multinational corporations to the disadvantage of the ordinary citizens. They can increase prices at will

  • ST GHFUO: Kwame Nkrumah International Airport 3 hours ago

    They will use flying cars.

  • Streatham 2 hours ago

    Don't wait for Africa wide free trade have free trade with neighbouring countries time to get rid of borders and go for standards this will benefit all countries involved.

  • Francis mensah 1 hour ago

    it means we will lose income that we would have generated from this August opportunity. Why not we strengthening our control systems. Ahhh, a very rich opportunity to generate income and we are throwing away. Others want i ...
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  • Truthfully 1 hour ago

    This are excellent interventions but my worry is continuity when another government or finance minister takes over.

  • Prof Azar 13 minutes ago

    Thank you Finance Minister
    They are doing a lot of bad stuff.
    These people are evil and will not stop
    They did it with fuel and now on food items
    Fuel was even worse....Jusbro and all the present day BDCs were doing that ...
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  • KofSam 10 minutes ago

    The ban on land transit of these products is not the best way to address the issues at the land borders. This measure may end up creating shortages of some of these banned products in the country which will then affect prices ...
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