Story Reported by Gideon Kotey
A dealer in electronic applies has raised red flag over a total ban on electronic applies in the system.
The Ghana Government bases of claims over inferior products are all false without any iota of truth in their proclamations.
As an importers they believe in standards so why not the government of Ghana engaged the importers on Ghana's Standards of products.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with a dealer and a member of concerned Second hand dealers association, Nana Kyei Darkwa, he reiterates that commission again came out Stating that they have already ban some two (2) Items which they Will Make a revise of them and these items are refrigerators and air conditioners.
According to him, they Made the whole public aware that these two itemS Were banned because Ghana has become a dumping site or grounds for such items which we have made our further researches about their reason and it's never the truth but rather these items uses ozone depleting substance (ODS) which causes effects to the ozone layer and even with that it has migrated from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to hydro chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) and as at now hydro fluorocarbon (HFC) and we can state it on authority that these two items were banned because of this reason but not to state that Ghana becoming a dumping site for such items. .
The Energy Commission has admitted that the new items brought to this country are substandard which they want to regulate these items through Ghana Standard Authority and they have admitted also that about eighty (80) to ninety (90) percent of secondhand items meets standard in a meeting with GUTA but their major concern was how to regulate these items. So why is the commission not regulating the secondhand item but rather sees the need to ban secondhand items from entering this country? We want the whole public to understand that items brought to this country for sale goes through proper monetary and checks before exporting them to the country which are all from European countries.
"We have again made proper checks on the sale of secondhand items in the whole world and they are being sold in every country and even in advance countries too, so why the ban in this country which people finds it so difficult to get jobs. Research has made us understand that Ukraine an European country is the second leading country in world who imports secondhand items in 2022 so if the items are not good why is Ukraine importing them to their country or are we to say that Ghana is more advanced than Ukraine? We demand answers from the Energy Commission" he cautioned.
The said seventeen electronic applies that they claim have been banned the question is who do they consult before taken such steps.
Nana Kyei Darkwa was optimistic that if like the dealers and the retailers were consulted like they will have inputs and advised to the government.
The goods that they brought into the system are sub-standards and not non-standard claims by the energy commission.
Source: www.truthtvgh.com
Editor: Nii Amon