The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has claimed that an initial assessment of the implementation of the paperless system at the country’s ports, has shown a revenue collection improvement of 56 percent.<\/p>\n
According to him, revenue at the ports increased from GHc130 million in the first week of September 2016, to GHc213 million in the same period for 2017.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”SBFlNma5WuH2fxPfnndQhhARpyHQxQH0″]Speaking at the launch of the onboarding programme for National Service Personnel into the National Communications Authority, Dr. Bawumia stated that, the recent agitation against the scheme was meant to derail it due to revenue leakage\u00a0 that were blocked.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn September 1, we launched the paperless [system], but of course not without attempts to actually derail the process, because it\u2019s hurting a lot of people who were making free money and people who used to take two weeks to clear a container after one day of delay were protesting.\u00a0 Are you protesting the system or something else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results are amazing. We just looked at data this morning \u2013 first week of collections under the paperless system in September this year compared to last year first week of collections in September 2016, and collections have gone up by 56 percent; 56 percent from around GHc130 million to GHc213 million in one week,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Government began the implementation of the paperless clearing system on September 1, 2017, to speed up the process of clearing goods from two weeks to four hours, and ensure order at the port, whilst blocking loopholes.<\/p>\n