Coalition of car and spare parts dealers, Clearing agents and artisans in Tema, Spintex and Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region in conjunction with Vehicle and Asset Dealers Union of Ghana (VADUG) will embark on demonstration to protest against the implementation of the Customs Amendment Act, 2020, on Thursday 27th August, 2020 in Tema. The protest is to serve a strong signal to the government that its decision will collapse our business and deprive more than 20,000 artisans of our livelihood if the policy is rolled out on 1st November, 2020.

The objective of the Customs Amendment Act 2020 among other things is to provide incentives for the automobile manufacturers and assemblers registered under the Ghana Automotive Manufacturers Programme, prohibit the importation of salvaged motor vehicles and specific cars over ten years of age into the country, increase import duty on specific vehicles and provide import exemptions for security agencies and its personnel.

Series of meetings between the Trade and Industry Ministry and the Coalition, and subsequently the president of the republic, his Excellency Nana Akufo Addo, failed to yield any positive results. It’s against this backdrop that, we intend to embark on series of actions throughout the country starting with Tema followed by Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale respectively to register our protest against the implementation of the policy on 1st November, 2020.

We therefore call on all our members to come out in their numbers in support of this protest march to save our business .

Sincerely
Signed
Kofi Asamoah
(Secretary Tema Car Dealers Association)
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