Business News of Friday, 1 May 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comUNI-PASS saga: Osafo-Maafo’s ‘ulterior motive’ has created a mess – Issac Adongoplay videoMember of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac AdongoMember of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo, is accusing the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo of signing a valueless contract in the wake of the UNI-PASS saga. According to him, the controversy surrounding the implementation of the UNI-PASS system deal has created a mess at the country’s ports adding, the Senior Minister “through his ulterior motives has opted for a destructive activity”. Osafo-Maafo I now understand why you were removed as the Finance Minister to Education because if you were sitting there as the Finance Minister today, I imagine many of these of valueless transactions happening,” he indicated. Following that, many Freight Forwarders at the ports have been agitated over their inability to pass declaration to get their goods out of the port following the implementation of the UNI-PASS system. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) started implementing the UNI-PASS system on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 but has since now been restored back to GCNet amidst challenges with the UNI-PASS system.

Source: GhanaWeb May 01, 2020 06:00 UTC