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At a time when efforts are being made to revamp the postal service in order to make it profitable and attractive, some workers of the service are engaged in deals including the selling of postal boxes to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n

Investigations conducted by The Finder newspaper revealed that those engaged in the act were charging between GH\u00a2300 and GH\u00a2500 per postal box instead of the approved amount of GH\u00a2100 per pox for medium business entities.<\/p>\n

They were also charging GH\u00a2200 instead of the approved GH\u00a250 for postal boxes meant for personal use. The investigations revealed that because there were people willing to acquire the post boxes, the wrongdoers intentionally created artificial shortages in order to cash in on the situation.<\/p>\n

This they did by creating the impression to applicants that it could take a long period to acquire a post box and because the number of applicants were more than the boxes available, people paid the amounts they asked for.<\/p>\n

After several investigations at a number of post offices in Accra, The Finder decided to go through the process of acquiring a postal box. The Finder contacted a worker of Ghana Post who promised to deliver a postal box within two or three days. \u201cPrepare for business, you will have to pay GH\u00a2300 for the box since you said it was for business,\u201d the worker told The Finder.<\/p>\n

Asked to reduce the amount being charged, the worker said: \u201cNo I cannot, if it is for personal use, then you can pay GH\u00a2250 or GH\u00a2200\u201d.
The Finder after paying the GH\u00a2300 as demanded by the worker was issued with a receipt for only GH\u00a2100.<\/p>\n

The Finder enquired if the worker could provide postal boxes to other persons and organizations interested in getting them and the answer was in the affirmative. \u201cOf course, but the person who is to facilitate the process of getting the boxes will require GH\u00a2500 for postal boxes meant for business\u201d, the worker told The Finder
A man who acquired one of such postal boxes in sharing his experienced told The Finder that he was surprised at the illegal act of a section of the workers of the postal services.<\/p>\n

Another person said she had to pay GH\u00a2250 for a postal box. She said she was told that it would take her many months to get a postal box but she could get one for GH\u00a2250 that was no more being used by the owner.<\/p>\n

When contacted, the Deputy Managing Director, Operations and Development, at Ghana Post, Mr. Kojo Safo said the company was aware that such incidences occurred in high demand areas where the supply of postal boxes were limited. \u201cThe activity is very regrettable and anybody found culpable will be dealt with,\u201d he told The Finder.<\/p>\n

Mr. Safo noted that Ghana Post had recently received about 40,000 postal boxes to address the shortfall in the system.<\/p>\n

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