Government to withdraw unapproved fees, charges at ports

Business News of Monday, 8 April 2019

Source: ghanaguardian.com

2019-04-08

The Kotoka International Airport is responsible for all taxes and charges.

The move is part of measures to further reduce the cost of doing business in the country.

The senior Minister, Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo, who has been appointed to this conference by the chiefs and people of Tema to this year 's Kplejoo Festival, said the agencies would be admitted to the forum.

"Under our laws, it is only Parliament that can impose taxes, fees and charges in the country," he said.

The festival was held on the theme: "60 years of resettlement; an opportunity for reviving our unsettled customs and cultural practices ".

Tema unlike other Ga states, has two annual festivals namely, Kplejoo which is celebrated in late March or early April and Homowo in August.

Kplejoo is used to reconcile the people and to thank God for his mercies.

At the durbar, identifiable youth groups from the town dressed in colorful apparel take turns to sing and dance to the tune of kpele drums.

Mr Osafo Maafo in response to the concerns of Tema over lack of employment for natives, said a committee of representatives of the Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council, Tema Metropolitan Assembly and the Senior Minister's Office. A quota system of employment has been reserved for those who have landed in Africa.

It is concerned that the subject of the rule of law is that of the government of the United States of America, and that it should be conducted before the courts.

Nii Shipi Armah Somponu, a member of the Tema Traditional Council, expressed concern about the fact that they were cheating off their land for the Tema industrial area, some of them were going to seek for employment.

He will be requested for a quota of jobs in the industrial area for indigenes and appropriate royalties for the natives.

The Member of Parliament for the Tema East Constituency, Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, said the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation would soon be building a hospital for Tema New Town.

He added that the alternative route to Tema New Town through Valco and the industrial area would take off this year.

The Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Felix Nii Anang-La, said road improvements in the Bankuman area were about 80 percent complete, adding, major roads in Tema New Town, were going to be provided with street lights.

Nii Adjei Kraku II, the Tema Mantse, commended government for its commitment to providing peace and development of the nation.

He urged his subjects to take advantage of their policies.