The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George Nartey, has cautioned the Government of Ghana to be aware of the profits essential to revive the economic climate soon after the Covid-19 pandemic in the place.
The Countrywide Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Ningo Prampram, reported on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, added that the financial system will go through immediately after the Covid-19 pandemic is in excess of and a robust resource of earnings is needed for the govt to use to spend financial loans gained to combat the unfold of the virus.
His feedback come in the wake of a offer the federal government has brokered to hand about Ghana’s port management program to Korean enterprise, UNIPASS.
“The Govt of Ghana has a 35% shareholding in GCNet as a result of its consultant bodies Ghana Earnings Authority (Customs Division), Ghana Shippers Authority and GCB Financial institution. GCNet pays a portion of financial gain manufactured by means of its .4% expenses as shareholding dividends to authorities. With the remaining 65% of the revenue, GCNet pays tax on it to the government.
“On the other hand, the govt has % shareholding in UNIPASS and no dividends will be paid to the government. UNIPASS is by now having off with a tax waiver in respect of factors they carry into the country”, Mr. Nartey explained.
Ghana’s port sector, he reported, is a incredibly critical spot for additional profits to be proficiently and efficiently mobilised in the state by means of the use of an now existing process deployed by GCNet.
He said he struggles to realize why the governing administration would want to terminate the deal of a firm these types of as GCNet that has been constantly bringing in income and has a track record of boosting the economy in the nation and go for a system like UNIPASS where by the earnings will be received by an individual.
The MP for Ningo Prampram debunked all the accusations manufactured about GCNet not staying a Ghanaian enterprise, not obtaining a robust technique, not providing an close to close service, not supplying benefit for cash as well as not owning a legitimate deal.
He insisted that GCNet has very well-set up amenities and, for the past 15 yrs, has been expending, on the typical, $5 million as an financial commitment every yr to increase on their sturdy system.
“GCNet’s clever end-to-conclusion technique has been tried out and tested with an impeccable track record of amplified revenue mobilization at the ports sector. It has a proven, sophisticated Information and facts Safety Management (ISM) procedure which is highly protected with a certification of ISO 9000 and ISO 27000,” he explained.
He additional mentioned that “GCNet operates a point out of the artwork Tier III Knowledge Centre and four other Facts Centres throughout strategic places across the nation as element of its deep determination to make certain data integrity and safety in the space in which it operates. However, UNIPASS does not have a Tier I knowledge centre set up in the state.”
The MP for Ningo Prampram, who is also a member of the Interaction Committee at the Parliament, indicated that the authorities of Ghana, in haste to sign the UNIPASS offer, has flouted the legislation of the land which clearly point out in the Facts Protection Act 843 of 2012 that any business that handles critical details in the country must be registered beneath the Information Defense Authority.
He exposed that GCNet is registered underneath the Details Safety Authority to tackle significant facts and also certified by the Electronic Interaction Act of 2008. UNIPASS, on the other hand, has not been registered under the Data Protection Authority and is not certified by the Digital Conversation Act in Ghana.
“If UNIPASS has exceptional programs to offer, how arrive the contract signed concerning the Govt and UNIPASS reveal that it can only decide on up when the Federal government is ready to get the resource code and the right to the program that GCNet is employing and hand it more than to UNIPASS to manage”, Mr. Nartey quizzed.
He concluded that the UNIPASS offer is nevertheless a different rip-off and that Ghanaians need to resist it.
