General Secretary of the Automobile Dealers Union of Ghana, Clifford Ansu, has expressed delight over former President John Mahama’s promise to eliminate laws banning the importation of salvaged vehicles into the country.
According to him, the promise is laudable and is exactly what the Union wants.
“For a very long time, we have been looking for this solution. When the law came, we met with the ministry, we did press conferences on it and pleaded with the government to have a second look at the Customs Act, 2015 (Act 891) but till now, no changes have been made to the Act,” he said.
“So yesterday, when Mr Mahama made the announcement that if he gets the opportunity to come back to power, he will review the banning of importations of salvaged cars, we were very happy about it,” he further posited.
Speaking at the launch of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) manifesto launch ahead of the 2020 general election, former President John Mahama communicated his intentions of reviewing the Customs Amendment Act, 2020 and also scrapping the law banning the importation of salvaged vehicles.
Parliament, in March, passed the Customs Bill, an amendment of the Customs Act, 2015 (Act 891).
The amendment banned the importation of salvaged vehicles; cars wrecked, destroyed or physically damaged through collision, fire, water or other occurrences into the country.
The Act among other things, provides incentives for automobile manufacturers and assemblers registered under the Ghana Automotive Manufacturers Programme.
