The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has called on the Ghana Ports and Harbours Au­thority (GPHA) to meet with stakeholders to develop a quota for the indigenes of Ga people within the catchment area of the James Town Harbour.

He also urged the authority to leverage the four-year maintenance agreement between the coun­try and the Chinese to train the indigenous some specific areas of services that would require to make the harbour flourish and progress.

Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II (seated) with the GPHA delegation Photo: Ebo Gorman King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II made the appeal when delegations from the Authority paid a courtesy call on him yesterday at his palace in Accra to announce the com­mencement of the James Town Fishing Harbour.

According to the group led by the Deputy Project Engineer, Ms Mavis Allotey, the full operation of the harbour would start this month.