By Edzorna Francis Mensah
The Trader Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has, in a press statement endorsed the newly passed Ghana Shippers’ Authority Law as they expressed a great surprise at the news that some stakeholders have called on the President of Ghana, Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo not to assent to the law.
They appealed Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ignore the call but to critically scrutinize the document and expedite action on assenting to the law which they said, “by all standards will place Ghana on the global commercial shipping scene”.
The Group was astonished about claims of other stakeholders because the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) started engaging stakeholders the day after the law was passed, and has continued its dialogue on how the law will be implemented to make Ghana an attractive and competitive trading destination.
“GSA has continuously opened its doors for consultation and engagement on the portions of the law that the business community has expressed concern about”.
“As stated in some paragraph of a statement issued by one stakeholder; the Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) believes in GSA’s commitment to ensure that the Legislative Instrument (L.I.) which will give effect to the spirit and letter of the law will take all the feedback from the business community into consideration to make the Authority achieve its purpose, and has demonstrated the commitment through continues engagement”, the statement said.
TAGG assured the general public that the new law is in the interest of the multiple stakeholders of the shipping and logistics sector, and any attempt to stifle it would only be in the interest of a few who may not necessarily have the interest of traders at heart.
“To the general trading public, we can assure you that the law would lead to better fortunes for shippers and all those in the commercial shipping business. Furthermore, any other stakeholders who may have difficulty relating to the L.1., should stick to the ongoing GSA table for discussion as the necessary steps are taken to work on the L.1, they added.
