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Importers threaten to move to Togo

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  • Jade 10 years ago

    The system is not working and need to be fixed.Instead of a task force. You need consultants who understand the system to fix it.

  • krikri 10 years ago

    Why are you shaking like the NPP when the special forces went on display at the the Black Star Square? You can all go to Togo. Already you have been working hard to make this govt unpopular through changing of cedis into doll ...
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  • Jade 10 years ago

    Wisdom not force

  • Ben Adam 10 years ago

    Treating foreighners better than Ghanaians.This is very shameful indeed.When are we going to change? Oman Ghana.

  • messa 10 years ago

    GHANA PEOPLE DEMAND FAIRNESS STOP WAISTING EVERYONE TIMES

  • ALEX ITALY 10 years ago

    please add to your pleas to the goverment,to remove what it meant by,over age cars.most of our friends from other African countries do make fun of us,Ghana dont produce cars,yet call some over aged,whilst cars plying in Ghana ...
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  • adisco 10 years ago

    With the growing commerce the port has not kept pace, so you need to expand the facilities, more staff and scanners to reduce the delay. We never plan for the future.

  • j. zaguru 10 years ago

    BECAUSE BLACKMAN IS AFRAID OF WHITEMAN. WHITEMAN SUPERIORITY AND BRAIN POWER WILL BEAT BLACMAN COMMON SENSE.
    CARS PLYING ARE IN GHANA ARE DEATH-TRAPS CAUSING SERIOUS ACCIDENTS YET THEY ARE NOT BANNED FROM THE ROADS. GOOD SO ...
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  • j. zaguru 10 years ago

    QUESTION: Why are "expatriates relocated to other parts of the country -retailing goods against the law of the trading sector"?
    ANSWER: Because expatriates are INTELLIGENT more than Ghanaians officials, they are able to mani ...
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  • GHANANI 10 years ago

    Remove corruption and the checks will be irrelevant.The nation is losing trillions of cedis because of corruption among customs officers,importers and exporters.

  • Zams 10 years ago

    Preference should be given first to Ghanaian importers

  • Asem Pa Asa 10 years ago

    Easier said than done. If you clear your goods in Togo, how do you get them into Ghana? You will still have to go through Ghana Customs at the port or border to bring the goods to Ghana, not to talk of storage/warehousing in ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    The importers reminded Government that when they are forced to move to Togo it will affect Ghana’s revenue generation efforts -- the very reason the clearing process has been made “cumbersome” and “frustrating”.

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  • Truth-Be-Told USA 10 years ago

    I'd rather use an ATM machine in Lome any day over one in Accra! I get far more money as a foreign visitor! Far more!

  • CONCERN CITIZEN 10 years ago

    EXPATRIATE USE SOME OF HIS OR HER PROFIT BUILD WAREHOUSES OR RENT WAREHOUSES CUSTOM BONDED. GHANAIAN IMPORTER MAKES MONEY BUT DO NOT THINKS OF EXPANSION OR HOW TO MAKE HIS OR HER BUSINESS GOES SMOOTHLY BUT RATHER THINK FUNERA ...
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  • j. zaguru 10 years ago

    I WILL NEVER FORGET late LORD LISTOWEL'S CRITIQUE: "CAN BLACKMEN GOVERN THEMSELVES".
    POSITIVE MEASURES END UP NEGATIVE MEASURES. PRODUCTIVE MEASURES FINISH UNPRODUCTIVE.
    Remedial measures turn out to be problem-oriented me ...
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  • j. zaguru 10 years ago

    NO OVERTIME, NO 24 HR SERVICE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS. SO WHEN TRADERS GOODS PILE UP AT THE PORTS, IT PILES UP TO DEFRAY THEIR PROFITS AND BUSINESS. WHEN PATIENTS GET PANIC ATTACK AT NITE IN HOSPITALS, THEY R ...
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