The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffour has commended investigative journalists, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, for his latest expose of graft, pilfering and plain stealing going on at the Tema Port.
\nHe has promised to \u201cuse all the necessary administrative and legal means to retrieve every pesewa lost to the state through the nefarious and unscrupulous activities of some CEPS, GPHA, other institutions and individuals indicted in the footage.\u201d
\nAny officials found to have engaged in conducts that amount to subverting the state and undermining its revenue mobilizations efforts, the Finance Ministry said, will \u201cnot only face disciplinary action but would be handed over to the criminal investigations arm of government for prosecution.\u201d
\nAnas and a team of investigators working for the New Crusading Guide newspaper, produced a one-and-a-half hour video footage of widespread bribe taking and deliberate tampering of the IT systems at the port for personal gain.
\nThe team claims hundreds of millions of dollars were lost to the state as a result of the connivance of some officials of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service with businessmen and women to evade tax.
\nA statement issued by the ministry and signed by the Media Liaison, Abdul Hakim Ahmed, promised that the government will \u201cseek legal administrative advice to review the activities of institutions like the GPHA (Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority) and Destination Inspection Companies including GCNET.\u201d The statement said a committee has been set up to look into the findings contained in the footage and appealed to the judiciary and the security agencies to help ensure that officials working for the state and yet stabbing it in the back answer for their misdeeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffour has commended investigative journalists, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, for his latest expose of graft, pilfering and plain stealing going on at the Tema Port. He has promised to \u201cuse all the necessary administrative and legal means to retrieve every pesewa lost to the state through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n