The Chief Executive Officer for West Blue Consulting Limited, Madam Valentina Mintah has promised efficient delivery of the nation’s single window project.
Government signed a single-sourced contract with West Blue Consulting Ghana Limited to execute the project which sparked public uproar.
[contextly_sidebar id=”aqXrYaEzknaGniPhZblsidS96DhbZ0ds”]The company has come under fire for being awarded the project which did not go through competitive bidding.
Lawyer for the Freight Forwarder who sued the government over its contract with company, Alex Afenyo Markin described as an error, the decision by government to proceed with a single sourced contract.
However addressing a forum on the activities of the company, CEO Valentina Mintah said adequate measures have been put in place to ensure a succesful programme.
“In terms of preparedness, customs and partner government agencies and their clients are ready. However with a project on this scale we have to look at all the risks. There will be the internal risks and external risks.Internal risks could be behaviour of customs, attitudes etc.We also have external risks which could be systems or sabotage opportunities so we all have to be vigilant,” said the CEO.
“There is a contingency plan for every area. The organisational, the internal, the external so that when these risks come up we have mitigating items to ensure that we reduce it and that there is no panic in the environment,”she added.
In a related development, West Blue Consulting is getting ready to take over the Classification, Valuation and Risk Management functions from the Destination Inspection Companies (DICs) at the Ghana’s ports as government has directed the DICs to hand over.
A letter addressed to the Chief of Staff and signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Operations at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Frederick Gavor stated that effective 1st September 2015, all imports though the frontiers, air and sea ports will be processed by Ghana Customs through the Pre-Arrival Assessment Repot System (PAARS), for the issuance of Customs Classification and Valuation Report (CCVR), which replaces the Final Classification and Valuation Report (FCVR).
“All active FCVRs (under processing and unutilized) will however be allowed in the current Destination Inspection System for the next thirty (30) days ending 2nd October 2015. Ghana community Network (GCNet) will cease transmission and receipt of completed FCVRs from DICs at the end of the grace period in October,” the letter indicated.
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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana