GPHA

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has stated that a group of former casual workers threatening a demonstration over alleged unpaid severance compensation have no valid case and are only misleading the public. A spokesperson for the aggrieved workers, Moses Kwanayah, said over 4,000 individuals were affected by a World Bank program to restructure port operations between 2001 and 2002. He claimed after Supreme Court ruling and later addressed by the President, these workers are yet received a severance package commensurate with their service. But GPHA claims this group resurfaces during election year with similar threats just to coerce…

The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Michael Luguji, is challenging the business community to provide any data to back their claims that Ghana is losing cargo to neighboring Lome and Abidjan Ports. He told Joy Business that, Ghana remains the preferred port for most businesses in the sub-region for transit purposes. Some business Associations have been making claims that the Tema Port has lost much of its cargo business to Togo and other nearby ports due to the high charges at the country’s port. Responding to the assertions in an interview with my colleague during…

The Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) has denied reports that the fishermen who died after they were said to have clashed with Marine Police were being chased by the Police. Public Relations Officer of the GPHA Abena Serwah Ofosu said the Police only seized the fishing net of those who were arrested. She told TV3 on the News 360 on Thursday, July 27 that “they allege that they were being chased, why were they being chased because even those that were being caught inside at the port, they were not arrested, we only seized their nets from them so…