General News of Thursday, 19 December 2024
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
The Ghana Immigration Service has refuted "false" claims on social media that the recently commissioned electronic gates at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), cost the nation $240m.
In a press release issued on Thursday, December 19, 2024, the Ghana Immigration Service stated emphatically that the installed E-gates at the KIA, cost the nation $1.7m and not $240m as falsely claimed.
The statement further explained that the GIS is implementing a new integrated border management system known as the "Immigration 360", at all of the nation's entry points, and seized the opportunity to present in detail, various components and costs of the integrated border management system, which has the installation of the e-gates as a component of the system.
"The Ghana Immigration Service is implementing a new integrated border management system known as the “Immigration 360”.
"The system seeks to fully automate passenger processing and data management at all the forty-eight (48) approved entry/exit points to Ghana and other operational commands.
"The new system seeks to address challenges with sovereignty, interoperability and other inadequacies associated with the existing systems installed at twelve (12) approved borders," said the press release.
"It is inaccurate that the e-Gate system installed at the KIA cost a total amount of $240 million dollars."
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