Mills charges Judiciary to help ‘crush Enemies of the Nation’

President J.E.A. Mills         President John Evans Atta Mills has paid a surprise visit to the Tema Harbour, in apparent response to the latest investigative documentary by journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The documentary details widespread corruption at the Tema Harbour, frustrating a lot of importers. Interacting with officials, President Mills condemned the corruption and urged them to work professionally to generate revenue for the state. The president was outraged that the revelations were not reported to him by the security agencies operating in the port. “You have security agencies which are operating here, I wish that the revelations from Anas had come to me through the security agencies which are here. No. that has not been the case,” he regretted. Speaking to findings of the journalist that millions of Ghana Cedis have been lost to the nation owing to the evasion of import duties, as a result of the abuse of tax exemption regulations. President Mills said, “If anybody comes with the president’s name, the first thing you should do is to arrest that person.” He also spoke of his disappointment that a High Court in Accra has discharged a group of customs officials who were implicated in a similar documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. “I want to use this occasion also – with the greatest of respect – to appeal to our judiciary… please, help each one of us to account for our stewardship. What happened with the Elubo video causes me so much distress, what happened? What happened? Is it a good example?” he asked. President Mills suggested that all CEPS officials should be required to fill asset declaration forms once they are recruited into the service. He said from time to time, new forms should be filled so that property acquisition of CEPS officials can be tracked. Joy News’ Seth Kwame Boateng who was with the president during the visit to the port, said he had never seen the president so angry. Source: Joy News/Ghana