Owners of hospitality facilities urged to submit returns on foreigners

By J.
K. Nabary, GNA

Winneba (C/R), Sept 11, GNA – Operators of
Hotels, Guest Houses and Hostels in and around Effutu Municipality have been
urged to periodically forward returns on foreigners who lodge in their
facilities to the Ghana Immigration Service.

The directive must be strictly adhered to in
accordance with laws and obligations governing the hospitality industry in the
country.

Chief Superintendent Justice
Bosomtwi-Ayensu, Officer-In-Charge of the Ghana Immigration Service at Winneba
who made the call in an interview with the GNA stated that providing such
information would not only help in administrative purposes but also assist in
identifying illegal immigrants.

The security of the country should be of
paramount importance to all and people must not hesitate to provide credible
information to the security agencies on the movement of suspicious characters
to help flush out bad nuts and sustain the peace in the country.

 Chief
Superintendent Bosomtwi-Ayensu commended owners of Hospitality Service
facilities in the area who were cooperating with the Service and encouraged
them to sustain it to help make Ghana a place of choice for tourists.

He disclosed that a total of 449 in 2018 in
Effutu as against a record of 222 foreigners in 2017 and a record of 272
foreigners as at August 2019 as per analysis based on returns received from
some Hotels and Companies within the Municipality.

GNA