Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers Authority, Dr Kofi Mbiah has advised Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Freight forwarders, Importers and Exporters Association to accept the new Shipper Authority Law

According to him, prior to drafting the bill, there was no standard charges at the ports and at one time or the other these stakeholders have advocated for Shippers Authority be offered the mandate to undertake certain decisions to improve the industry.

In this light, Dr Mhiah said he did not understand why these very stakeholders are opposing the law.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on August 23, he said “I have been away for something, in the period I have been connected with the industry and I am very much aware that there has been numerous complaint from the stakeholders themselves. So it will come to me as a big surprise if we do not take the opportunity that this new bill offers.”

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His comments come on the back of demands by industry stakeholders including GUTA call on President Akufo-Addo to postpone signing the recently passed Ghana Shippers Authority Law.

GUTA other stakeholders argued that they were not consulted before the bill was passed in parliament.

But Dr Mbiah explained this was a defining moment for all stakeholders in the industry and help resolve the problem faced and called for collective agreement on the matter.

He stressed that “We can’t get something that pleases everybody so it is important that we streamline. And this act, I believe does well to streamline what we have been doing so far.”