The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has dismissed claims that ongoing disagreements between the Authority and the National Identification Authority (NIA) over alleged debts have disrupted the clearance of goods at the ports.

Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, speaking on Joy News' PM Express Business Edition on Thursday, August 21, said reports suggesting that importers cannot clear their goods because of the Ghana Card dispute are "not an accurate account." "What also came out was the negative or the incorrect news to say that because NIA has taken that action, people cannot clear their stations. "As you speak right now, it is not an accurate account.

If you look at the tax administration system today, we have the individuals, which we are using the Ghana Card, and businesses which GRA generates by itself.

Most of these importers run on business TIN. "We don't rely on Ghana Card.