{"id":1181151,"date":"2022-08-17T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/17\/gra-queries-customs-staff-association-secretary-for-participating-in-joynews-discussion-without-approval\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:23:39","slug":"gra-queries-customs-staff-association-secretary-for-participating-in-joynews-discussion-without-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/17\/gra-queries-customs-staff-association-secretary-for-participating-in-joynews-discussion-without-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion &#8216;without approval&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion 'without approval'\" title=\"GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion 'without approval'\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has queried the National Secretary of the Customs Staff Association, Gift Emmanuel Kofi Tsamah, for participating in a media discussion without approval.<\/p>\n<p>The officer was hosted by <strong>JoyNews\u2019 <\/strong>on<strong> <\/strong>the August 14 edition of <strong>The Probe<\/strong> to discuss the mechanisms to improve the revenue collection at the Tema port in the wake of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s damning findings into Labianca .<\/p>\n<p>But a letter signed by the Authority\u2019s Acting Head of Human Resources, Akua Mpiani-Brobbe said the Secretary acted contrary to the rules of the Authority.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-134-1024x597.png\" alt=\"GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion 'without approval'\" class=\"wp-image-10032153884\"   title=\"GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion 'without approval'\"\/><figcaption><strong>The officer speaking on JoyNews\u2019 <\/strong>The Probe on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to her, Section 24 (4) and 34 (4&#038;5) of GRA\u2019s code of ethics requires staff to seek approval before participating in media programmes.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of this, the GRA\u2019s Human Resource Department finds Mr Tsamah\u2019s appearance on the channel as questionable.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"540\" height=\"926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-08-17-at-10.05.18-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion 'without approval'\" class=\"wp-image-10032153875\"   title=\"GRA queries Customs Staff Association Secretary for participating in JoyNews discussion 'without approval'\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt has also been reported that the Assistant Commissioner, CPA engaged you on phone discouraging you from appearing on the discussion programme as advertised without the express consent of the Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are therefore by this letter kindly requested to explain to the undersigned, your inability to comply with the internal procedures,\u201d part of the letter read.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJoyNewsOnTV%2Fvideos%2F2677044135765354%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Madam Mpiani-Brobbe also asked the Secretary to respond to the query by Thursday, August 18.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>Mr Tsamah on Sunday, August 14, appeared on JoyNews\u2019 The Probe on Sunday with other panelists to discuss the topic \u201cLabianca: Assessing the findings of the Office of the Special Prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has queried the National Secretary of the Customs Staff Association, Gift Emmanuel Kofi Tsamah, for participating in a media discussion without approval. 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