New postings have been made at the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the second or so since Major-General Carl Modey took over the headship of the largest collector of revenue for the state.
The approval for the movement was made by the GRA Board when it met on 2nd November 2011 and entails the assignment of superior officers to the Assistant Commissioner positions, according to an internal memo signed by Maj Gen C. Modey.
Now taking responsibility of Upstream and Downstream Petroleum is Basil Kondoh with the rank of Assistant Commissioner in the assigned position.
James Tchokpa, Assistant Commissioner moves to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), as Dinah Brandful, Assistant Commissioner heads the Division’s laboratory.
Managing the Warehousing schedule of the Customs Division nationwide is Charles Sabblah as Ag Assistant Commissioner and M. MacBruce supervises valuation and classification.
Yaa Kesewa Amponsah, Assistant Commissioner oversees the ECOWAS and Free Zones segment of the Customs operations with her colleague Christiana Akoto-Bamfo, Ag Assistant Commissioner managing International Standards Organization (ISO) and Inspection.
The Aflao Sector of Customs operations will now be headed by Seth Dovlo, Ag Assistant Commissioner with Frederick Gavor, Ag Assistant Commissioner commanding the Takoradi Sector.
Y.A. Ibrahim is Sector Commander as Assistant Commissioner 1 for Tema and Awudu Osman, Ag Assistant Commissioner in charge of General Duties in the Tema Sector with M.M. Nasirudeen assuming responsibility for the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) as Sector Commander with the rank of Assistant Commissioner.
In the Customs Preventive segment, Samuel Tetteh Quarshie heads Preventive (GRA) as Assistant Commissioner and Isaac Abbey, Ag Assistant Commissioner heading the Sunyani Sector.
Ben Suuri, Ag Assistant Commissioner moves to Wa as Sector Commander with Esi Dadzo, Ag Assistant Commissioner taking charge of the Kumasi Sector.
Elizabeth Ofori, Assistant Commissioner is Sector Commander for Koforidua, John Vianey, Ag Assistant Commissioner, Ho and Nicholas Kitiki, Ag Assistant Commissioner Sector Commander for Bolgatanga.
For the Tamale Sector, Asamoah Twum, Ag Assistant Commissioner takes charge and Samuel Quarmyne, Ag Assistant Commissioner heads the Elubo Sector.
In the Customs (Policy and Programmes) unit, E.M. Commodore Mensah, Assistant Commissioner will now manage the Design and Monitoring section at the Head Office supervising inspection, valuation and classification, prevention and enforcement and post clearance operations.
Richard Yawutse, Ag Assistant Commissioner will be responsible for Customs Policy and Legislation under which jurisdiction are Customs policy and administrative advice, statistics and revenue forecasting, objections and appeals, rulings, interpretations and international activities.
It was known as Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) until the formation of the GRA as the umbrella authority for all the revenue collection bodies of state where it was redesignated Customs Division.
Personnel, especially at the top of the echelon are politically profiled and if they are “politically correct” placed at favourable locations.
President John Evans Atta Mills replaced E.R.K. Lanyon with Major-General Carl Modey as Acting Commissioner of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS).
By A.R. Gomda