President John Evans Atta Mills has paid a surprise visit to the Tema Harbour, in apparent response to the latest investigative documentary by journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
\nThe documentary details widespread corruption at the Tema Harbour, frustrating a lot of importers.
\nInteracting with officials, President Mills condemned the corruption and urged them to work professionally to generate revenue for the state.
\nThe president was outraged that the revelations were not reported to him by the security agencies operating in the port. \u201cYou have security agencies which are operating here, I wish that the revelations from Anas had come to me through the security agencies which are here. No. that has not been the case,\u201d he regretted.
\nSpeaking to findings of the journalist that millions of Ghana Cedis have been lost to the nation owing to the evasion of import duties, as a result of the abuse of tax exemption regulations.
\nPresident Mills said, \u201cIf anybody comes with the president\u2019s name, the first thing you should do is to arrest that person.\u201d
\nHe also spoke of his disappointment that a High Court in Accra has discharged a group of customs officials who were implicated in a similar documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
\n\u201cI want to use this occasion also \u2013 with the greatest of respect \u2013 to appeal to our judiciary\u2026 please, help each one of us to account for our stewardship. What happened with the Elubo video causes me so much distress, what happened? What happened? Is it a good example?\u201d he asked.
\nPresident Mills suggested that all CEPS officials should be required to fill asset declaration forms once they are recruited into the service.
\nHe said from time to time, new forms should be filled so that property acquisition of CEPS officials can be tracked.
\nJoy News\u2019 Seth Kwame Boateng who was with the president during the visit to the port, said he had never seen the president so angry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President John Evans Atta Mills has paid a surprise visit to the Tema Harbour, in apparent response to the latest investigative documentary by journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The documentary details widespread corruption at the Tema Harbour, frustrating a lot of importers. Interacting with officials, President Mills condemned the corruption and urged them to work professionally […]<\/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-275533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n