Ghana Link Network Services has hinted of plans to extend its business beyond the boarders of Ghana in the coming years as it take steps to make the clearing system at the Ports of Ghana stress free.
As part of efforts to make the port business more effective and efficient, management of the Integrated Customs Management System, ICUMS said they were continually improving upon their systems to ensure they give users the best.
The Deputy Managing Director of Ghana Link Network Services, Clyde Adjei while interacting with journalists from the Port Journalists Network in Accra, noted that “We are continually developing modules that will improve the system and bring efficiency into our operational space as a company.”
The Port Journalists Network, PJN, is a group of seasoned journalists who have been reporting on ports and maritime issues over the past years and have come together to form an association to champion issues that concerns port and maritime in the country.
The Deputy MD, noted that “so far with the introduction of ICUMS, management is quite satisfied with the work it has done at the Port over the past one year of its operation and we are hopeful of doing more to ensure that our clients are satisfied with our services.”
Mr Adjei added that, with the positive feedback Ghana Link had gotten so far, it was ready to go beyond the borders of Ghana and Africa as a whole.
“We are looking globally to make our system a very current system at all times that will serve the needs and purpose of our time. We are also growing up modules to be introduced to bring efficiency into the system and also look at ways of creating more jobs for others.”
Mr Adjei further added that with the introduction of ICUMS they have introduced a number of call centres where people could report their problems and concerns to ensure a prompt response to their challenges at the port.
The Team Lead of the Port Journalists Network, Elvis Darko on his part noted that the newly formed association was aimed at holding leadership within the port and maritime space accountable; this is to ensure that the right policies are introduced not only to help in the smooth clearing of goods at the port but also to ensure that the consuming public’s interest is equally captured.
“ We shall mount pressure on stakeholders and act as civil society organisations where we are not only going to report on port and maritime issues within the media but also publish two reports in each year where a report will be launched and served to stakeholders within the industry. The report will be the springboard to demand accountability from policy makers”, Mr Darko stressed
He called for capacity building for membership so that members were able to put stories in their right perspectives and accurately report the fact since the industry is a technical one.
“When companies grow, the country grows and when the country grows the media equally grows and so there is a need for constant capacity building for our members so we can also report right hence my appeal to industry players not to relent on assisting the association on capacity building so we contribute our quota in developing the sector.”
BY TIMES REPORTER
