A government Communicator, Betty Krosbi Mensah, has stated that the Publican Artificial Intelligence (AI) system deployed by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), is helping to improve revenue mobilisation at the port.
Speaking on Angel FM’s ‘Anopa Bofo’ show on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, she said the system is helping to eradicate corruption, which will, in turn, support the execution of developmental projects in Ghana.
“Over the years, the country has been receiving information that it is losing billions of cedis through certain loopholes. ‘This person is my friend’, ‘this person is my brother’, which prevents things from going well in our revenue generation.
“That is why the government, in its wisdom, brought this AI system so that it can check all these,” she stated.
The Publican AI system, implemented by the Ghana Revenue Authority in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, is designed to modernise customs valuation and inspection processes. It became mandatory for all import clearances on March 12, 2026, and operates alongside the existing Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS).
Importers, however, argue that, rather than improving efficiency, the policy is worsening the financial burden on businesses already grappling with high operational costs.
Responding to this, Betty Krosbi Mensah, who is also the Technical Advisor to the Minister for Sports and Recreation, highlighted the Commissioner-General of the GRA’s revelation that the revenue they previously generated every two weeks was GHS 2.4 billion.
However, since the system was introduced, they have generated GHS 3.6 billion in the last two weeks, noting that this is a positive step.
Madam Mensah added that there have been no new taxes introduced by the government at the port that they can point to as the reason for the increase. Instead, the rise is due to the plucking of leakages that were occurring previously.
She pleaded with aggrieved importers to allow the system to continue operation, emphasising that it is through these measures that the government can mobilise funds to build developmental projects across the country, adding that all Ghanaians want this.
“You know that it is our taxes that the government will use to build developmental projects. We are all calling on the government to do so; if we do not get it through the right way, it means the development agenda that we want will not work,” she said.
Source: Vanessa Elizabeth Nkum
