Travellers who will use the newly-constructed Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are reportedly expected to pay an amount of GHȻ50 if they are carrying food items.
According to a report by TV3 Ghana, travellers are also required to declare their food items to some representatives of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
The report adds that after the declaration, the passengers are then asked to pay a flat fee GHÈ» 50 in return for a phyto-certificate.
This is said to be a new practice as most travellers are not abreast with it.
The report says most travellers were reluctant to pay until some officials at the Airport gave them clarity on the issue.
Meanwhile, officials from the Agric Ministry stationed at the Airport say the practice has been in existence for the past four years.
They, however, explained that the practice only became prominent when Terminal 3 was opened.
According to them, travellers are required to declare their plants, plant parts, plant products and other regulated items.
The KIA Terminal 3 was built at a cost of $250 million. The project, which began on October 30, 2015, and was completed on June 29, 2018.
The Terminal 3 can handle five million passengers per annum, thus averaging a little over 13,000 passengers a day.
A total of 1,250 passengers can be processed per hour, with the facility also having an additional 7,000 square metres retail area.
It also has five levels spreading across a land size of 48,268 square metres, has six boarding bridges, seven links which are expandable to eight in the near future, four 80-metre long electronic carousels, a 707-capacity parking lot and a new road network.
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