Tag: Traders

Closing your shops will not magically change the economic hardship – TAGG To Traders

Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has urged its members to reject and desist from following the directive from other traders’ association urging members to close down their shops citing the current economic hardship as reason. According to TAGG, closing their shops will not magically change the economic hardship facing traders […]

Traders Warn Against Use Of Force To Have All Imports Insured By Ghanaian Insurers

Players in international and maritime trade are advising a tripartite committee involving the National Insurance Commission, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority and Ghana Shippers’ Authority to tread cautiously in seeking the enforcement of the law that mandates importers to purchase Ghanaian Insurance Policies for all imported cargo except […]

Customs Urge Traders To Do Due Diligence Of Destination Countries Before Commencement Of Processes Under AfCFTA

An Assistant Commissioner of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, in Charge of Tariff and Trade, and Responsible for Free Trade Agreements including AfCFTA, Fechin Akoto has advised importers and exporters who wish to trade within the African Continental Free Trade Area to first and foremost find out if […]

Revenue Mobilisation Officers Extorting Money From Traders Along Aflao Border

Information gathered indicates that some persons who claim to be working for the Ministry of Finance as revenue mobilisation officers are intimidating people in Aflao and its environs. These people have also positioned themselves as security personnel and driving tension along the border. Checks conducted however indicates that one Kalitsi […]

TEMA Fishing Harbour Traders Sensitised On Fire Prevention And Good Housekeeping Practices

The Tema Port Fire and Safety department has held a three-day sensitisation program at the Tema Fishing Harbour to educate food venders and Fish mongers on good housekeeping and fire prevention processes. The fishing harbour forms part of the Tema Port enclave and that any fire outbreak could have dire […]