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Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called for strict safeguards in the deployment of artificial intelligence systems at Ghana’s ports, stressing the need for legal, technical and procedural standards to guide their use.
According to him, AI-driven systems used in customs operations must operate within a rational duty framework, undergo independent validation and be supported by a transparent and time-bound appeals procminority leaderity Leader made the remarks when he led a delegatiminority caucusity Caucus to engage the Ghana Employers’ Association on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, on challenges confronting businesses.
“Any deployment of AI in a revenue or enforcement context must meet the relevant legal, technical and procedural standards. It must operate against a rational and reformed duty schedule, be subject to independent validation, and be accompanied by a transparent, accessible and time-bound appeals mechanism,” he said.
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Afenyo-Markin raised concerns that these critical safeguards were not in place prior to the rollout of the AI-powered customs assessment system.
He noted that the government’s indication that an appeals mechanism is still being developed points to a lack of adequate consultation with key stakeholders before the system was introduced.
“The fact that the affected business commulearntly learned of an appeals process being developed just before our engagement is itself a statement on the quality of consultation that has attended this deployment,” he stated.
He emphasised that minoritye Minority supports the use of artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, reduce corruption and enhance revenue mobilisation, its deployment must be properly regulated to ensure fairness.
“An AI enforcement system operating against an unreformed duty schedule, without a functioning appeals process, does not produce fairer outcomes. It produces the same unjust outcomes, more efficiently and at a greater scale,” he warned.
Mr Afenyo-Markin reiterated the Minority’s commitment to pushing for parliamentary scrutiny of the AI customs framework and ensuring that appropriate accountability measures are established before any expansion of the system.
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