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By Yaw Ansah, RNG
Accra, April 5
GNA – The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the South Korea Customs Service (KCS)
Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for sharing knowledge and
capacity building of Ghanaian officers in trade facilitation and
Customs Management System.
The capacity
the building is part of GRA's efforts to digitize its revenue mobilization
systems to support income generation.
When
Uni-Pbad would offer an efficient and customized system to manage
provide a single national, one-stop national platform to help the country
strengthen the operations of the customs division of the GRA.
Monsieur Emmanuel
Kofi-Nti, the Commissioner General of GRA, signed the Memorandum of Understanding
Agreement on behalf of the Authority while Commissioner Kim Young Moon
South Korean Customs, signed for its holding during a brief ceremony in Accra.
Mr. Kofi-Nti
explained that the priority of the GRA was to improve income
capacity building of staff, strengthening of surveillance and strengthening
international links.
He said the KCS
had implemented various measures leading to a significant improvement in
collection and that the GRA would use it to consolidate the revenue
mobilization.
«Reach all
these require learning from other institutions for benchmarking and the best
practices, "he said.
Mr. Isaac
Crentsil, Commissioner of the GRA Customs Division, stated that the system
would help modernize GRA operations in the order of things.
He said the
the adoption of pre-arrival badessment and reporting systems, the
implementation of the one-stop system, coupled with the paperless port
compensation system, had opened the economy to international trade.
"That is why it is necessary to digitize
able to meet the standards and practices required for trade facilitation
and to be able to attract and promote foreign investment, "he said.
Mr. Kim Sungsoo,
Ambbadador of South Korea to Ghana, for his part, reaffirmed the crucial role
Customs played on economic development, hence the need for proper management,
especially by technology.
"It does not go well
only help to generate income for the country, but also for the future
the efficiency and transparency of the administration of the customs service, "he said.
L & # 39; Ambbadador
Trade experts had predicted that the government's vision of
industrial transformation required a more robust customs management system
promote export trade and improve revenue mobilization.
He said
Uni-Pbad was the best comprehensive and comprehensive customs system to boost trade
facilitation and customs management.
This
technology, currently serves as an electronic government platform for the Republic of
Korea and is also implemented in several countries.
The collaboration,
he said, would support the signature of the president. Agenda: "Ghana beyond
Aid ', which seeks to sensitize Ghanaians to the development of their own country
using the country's resources rather than relying on foreign aid.
GNA
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