Finance and Economic Policy Analyst, Senyo Hosi has urged Ghana and other coastal states in Africa to pay greater attention to securing and utilizing marine resources as part of their overall development strategies.
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Punish stowaways severely to deter others - Tema Port Security Manager
A law that offers a stiffer punishment for stowaways to serve as a deterrent to others is needed. Colonel William Kwabiah, Tema Port Security Manager, who made the call, said the current laws on the act were not deterrent enough leading to a number of people trying their luck to embark on such journeys.
Col. Kwabiah added that offenders were often given meagre fines and insignificant jail terms saying “once you do not get a punishment that is punitive enough that would serve as a deterrent, we would continue to have young men who are daring to try and go on this adventure”.
Tema Port Security Manager calls for severe punishments for stowaways in Ghana
The Tema Port Security Manager, Colonel William Kwabiah, has called for harsher punishments for persons who engage in stowaways to serve as a deterrent to others.
“Once you do not get punishment that is punitive enough that would serve as deterrent, we would continue to have young men who are daring to try and go on this adventure,” he warned.
Briefing Eye on Port on a recent stowaway incident that occurred on December 8, 2020, the Tema Port Security Manager said the two suspects are Aaron Abeiku Taylor, 28 years and Emmanuel Bodor, 19 years.