By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has denied false claims making rounds on the various social media platforms that the recently commissioned Electronic Gates (E-Gates) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), cost the Ghanaian taxpayer a whopping $240m, but rather the total cost of the project was $1.7m.
The denial was contained in a press statement issued on Thursday, December 19, 2024, in Accra. The statement 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.
“It is inaccurate that the e-Gate system installed at the KIA cost a total amount of 240 million dollars.
The e-Gate system alone (comprising 15 units of e-Gates with accessories) which form part of the border management system being installed at KIA costs $1.7 million (i.e., $1,760,479.80).
The Ghana Immigration Service is implementing a new integrated border management system known as Immigration 360,” parts of the statement read.
According to GIS, the “Immigration 360” seeks to fully automate passenger processing and data management at all forty-eight (48)...
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