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The president of the Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana (CADEG) Nana Adu Bonsu has assured the Director-General of CID of Ghana Police Service and the Head of Interpol that the chamber is ready to collaborate with the institutions to fight auto theft in the country. The president made this statement when the leadership of the chamber visited police headquarters to meet the director of CID and the Head of Interpol.
The president of the chamber who is also the CEO of NABUS Motors indicated that the recent raid by Interpol and other international security Agencies has caused so many vehicle importers to lose money and said it can be avoided if proper checks are done in countries these vehicles are imported.
He said, “The chamber has started engaging all stakeholders so that ordinary Ghanaian importers will not be a victim of this fraud”.
According to the president, it will be difficult for Ghanaian importers to steal a car in Canada or the United States of America and get all the needed documents to import the vehicle into Ghana and called on the stakeholders to engage the chamber and local automobile players in the sector to find lasting solutions to the program.
Director General of CID Faustina Agyeiwaa Kodua on her part promised to set up platforms to engage all the stakeholders to help reduce the incidence of auto theft in Ghana since according to her it’s been increasing in the country.
The Director of CID added that the police service through their media platforms has been educating the public on how to protect themselves and their properties which includes vehicles and urged the chamber to collaborate with the communication department of the Ghana Police service so that automobile education can be deepened.
Head of Interpol, Supt. Naomi Aquah said that her office has engaged customs and Ghana Standards Authority on standards operations procedure (SOP) to adopt to protect vehicles imported into the country.
She indicated that there is a growing international concern about vehicles imported into Ghana describe as ” Stolen Vehicles” and said she was happy to see the chamber working hard to handle that issue facing the automobile industry.
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