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GRA seizes 3,951 vehicles

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  • ben gun 8 years ago

    Are the customs officials saying that they sold 2682 imported cars and all they got from it IS 12.29 new ghana cedis . God help mother Ghana.
    Do they know how much one car cost?

  • Bold 8 years ago

    This is what NDC does. Inflate the duties to discourage people from paying and then turn around and give the cars to party foot soldiers for almost nothing. The NDC man next door has has 4 of such cars in his house. You will ...
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  • Koj 8 years ago

    Stupid custom officers in a foolish country called Ghana. We pay more than twice in taxes compared to the original cost price of the vehicle, no where else in the world. How can one do business in such a narrow minded country ...
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  • daladam 8 years ago

    YOU F....KING LOSERS GOT TO GO HOME FAST FOR RI[PPING OFF PEOPLE THAT TRY TO BRING CARS TO GHANA ,YOUR STUPID TAXES AND FEES ARE WAY TO HIGH

  • sam 8 years ago

    WE PAY THE HIGEST FEES IN ALL AFRICA FOR CAR IMPORTS WE DEMAND THE LOSER MAHAMA REDUCE THE FEES OR STEP DOWN AND GO HOME

  • roy usa 8 years ago

    People buy cars with their hard earned money and that stupid man feel proud to say ''we auction them.'' Fool,,

  • JK 8 years ago

    Government after government has failed to face up to the issue of addressing the unfair assault on ordinary Ghanaians who bring these cars home.

    The sleazy ones are in the wings watching, and hoping those unaware will be ...
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  • fifi 8 years ago

    The best thing to do is let the importers pay at the bank then claim the car at the port. going through so many people at the port to claim the car is a big hassle. Everybody want their share. That is another way to stop corr ...
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  • AB 8 years ago

    Thank you my onua! The average amount of 4,500 gh cedi they collected is less than 50% of duty they will collect on a 1.8 liter car that is less than 10 years old. One would think that the starting price on these auctions wil ...
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  • Simple arithmetic 8 years ago

    I am very sure if the duty for each vehicle was around the average auction price, the original owners would have cleared it. Most of the owners abandoned their vehicles because of the frustration at the port and the pull him ...
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  • Benny 8 years ago

    Don't mind them. They stay in Ghana and intentionally inflated the custom clearance and if the importers and buggers cant afford they make calabule to buy the cars in a cheap prize and if after that the car kills them. Who ca ...
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  • -- 8 years ago

    the article state that ..the vehicles that were auctioned and duly paid for generated revenue of GH?12.29 million to the state.

  • Word for the Wise 8 years ago

    He is even proud to say he auction people's blood and suffering to generate revenue for the state. We'll, if he doesn't know he should know today that it is a wrong way of generating money. Ghana has one of the highest impor ...
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  • OneGhana 8 years ago

    it is equally wrong to evade import duties and other government levies. how do you think the port is serviced? a typical foolish Ghanaian who will be the first to point fingers at government incompetency. you are the cause of ...
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  • Kofi K, 8 years ago

    Selling 2682 vehicles for 12,29million Cedis amounts to 4582.40 GH.Cedis each, across board. How is this possible Even Import duty is far above that. No wonder Ghana is still far behind. Is this all the News or there is MORE ...
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  • Daniel Frimpong USA 8 years ago

    This is beyond normal human understanding. I brought a Van to Ghana from USA. The agent used the bill of laden to calculate the tax to be GHC 4820. When I went to pay for the duty, I was told that it has been increased to GHC ...
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  • bongo 8 years ago

    you guys are not serious.how much did you sell those cars each and how much were you expecting from the owners that they couldn't pay?

  • Kwabena UK 8 years ago

    Nonsense only Ghana.

  • Obrefo 8 years ago

    Every Ghanaian knows what happen to the cars seized at the ports. Coward, don't try to tell us lies because we're not all that gullible.

  • MENSAH BONSU-ESSEX-UK 8 years ago

    THIS IS NAKED ROBBERY BY THE STATE VIA CUSTOMS.THIS IS DONE ONLY IN GHANA.IN EVEN POOR COUNTRIES LIKE GAMBIA WHERE CUSTOMS DUTY IS AFFORDABLY LOW,VEHICLES ARE GIVEN TO OWNERS ON DIRECT DELIVERY BASIS TO BE PAID INSTALMENTALLY ...
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  • MENSAH BONSU-ESSEX-UK 8 years ago

    THIS IS WICKEDNESS BY GOVT.AGAINST ITS OWN PEOPLE.SOMEONE WILL TRAVEL,WORK SO HARD TO BRING JUST ONE CAR TO USE ONLY FOR GOVT TO IMPOUND IT SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS POOR GHANAIAN HAS NOT MUCH MONEY TO PAY THE ASTROMICALLY EXPLOIT ...
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  • JK 8 years ago

    The payment of duty by installments is not new to the Ghana Customs. Under a similar plan, my understanding was that a portion of the Duty was allowed to be paid in that way. If it is no longer being done, it is probably beca ...
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  • MENSAH BONSU-ESSEX-UK 8 years ago

    IT'S ALLEGED THAT MAHAMA,S WIFE BUYS SUCH IMPOUNDED CARS AT RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES AND RESELLS THEM AT HIGH PRICES.

  • Ghanaba 8 years ago

    If GRA couldn't sell the cars at the custom valued amount then the value of the cars should be lowered to the auctioned value for the original owner to pay the duties.
    GRA is accepting that the cars are over valued and the d ...
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  • K-L 8 years ago

    Ghana is the only African nation exploiting her hard working Ghanaians abroad who have laboured and bought vehicles for use etc only to be stolen from them in the name of customer duties. I'm ashamed! This is day time robbery ...
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  • jk 8 years ago

    K-L or whatever u call u r self, stop displaying u r ignorance. Are u saying people shd not pay taxes for imported vehicles? U don't know anything so stop the ignorance

  • KK 8 years ago

    Look at them, this is day light stealing. Mr President look at this issue well, allow the owners to pay on installment basis.

    You are losing your votes oooh

  • Adinkra a proud Akan. 8 years ago

    God will punish you.Thieves do you know how people suffer in Europe evil GRA.

  • JOE,london 8 years ago

    And ghanaians in the diaspora earn for the nation the second highest foreign exchange to keep the economy afloat.This is disgraceful.Lazy ghanaians depriving hardworking ghanaians in the diaspora of their properties.No wonde ...
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  • JOE,london 8 years ago

    And some of the vehicles are bought by customs officers and staff of the GRA even though the laws forbid that.

  • Shabi 8 years ago

    What I am interested in, in this matter is, how come every stupid looking Customs Officer even of the lowest ranks, owns a posh vehicle even though we all know that their salaries cant afford to buy them a car.

    This so-ca ...
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  • the lone crusader! 8 years ago

    Why do you sell these at what price .the police needs cars.hospitals orphanages and you neglect them?what at all do we have as leaders?do they think and think ghana?a time is coming you wait?

  • WOFA KOFI, CHARLOTTE 8 years ago

    CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, WE CAN'T BRING NOTHING HOME BECAUSE OF THIS FUCKING CORRUPT GOVERNMENT. SHIT

  • NSEMFOAHI 8 years ago

    Inflate the duties n sell n
    the car to NDC members,God will punish you all

  • eugene 8 years ago

    and ndc at work!

  • CAO 8 years ago

    oh ah

  • Mark 8 years ago

    ANOTHER NDC TACTIC TO USE THESE CARS TO BUY VOTES. FIA FI.

  • MINTA 8 years ago

    This practice is neither NDC nor NPP. Some of you idiots are always trying to put a political stamp on every issue.

    All customs officers at Tema are loaded with money. Everybody knows this yet everybody is afraid to do som ...
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  • STAFFORD 8 years ago

    No vehicle must be impounded or seized based on failure to pay a duty.
    The Ghanaian importer must have a payplan/solution assistance from the ministry(government) or the banks. A payplan /solution would offer some payment-by ...
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  • ogomo U>S>A 8 years ago

    you are jealous of every body who live outside the country.there is no where in the world that i have visited that customs officer opens your luggage put his hands through inside as if he or she is looking for his or her mama ...
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