About $150 million is lost to corruption at the Tema Port alone every year, Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has revealed, saying the newly-introduced paperless system of collecting revenue at the port is meant to stem the haemorrhaging.
"Look, at the Tema Port alone, the experts tell us that every year we lose 150 million dollars at the Tema Harbour alone to corruption and underhand dealings. $150 million go into people's private pockets so that is why we are introducing the paperless system of working at the port, once that works then you have blocked all the holes," Mr Hamid told Class91.3FM's Kwesi Parker-Wilson in an interview on Tuesday, 12 September on the sidelines of the official launch of the government's flagship Free Senior High School programme.
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