Sampson Asaki Awingobit, the executive secretary of the Ghana Importers and Exporters Association, claims that the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority charges in dollars at the ports.

He claims that this violates the Bank of Ghana's dollarization regulations regarding the costing of goods and services.

The Customs Management Act (Act 891) does not contain any language allowing customs to charge in foreign currencies, particularly US dollars, he continued.

The move, he said, heaps hardship on the already burdened business community which in turn affects the general public.

In an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb Business on Monday, October 3, 2022, the executive secretary of importers and exporters association said, "I think it’s time we Ghanaians call a spade a spade in the sense that we are here and Bank of Ghana issued a statement that let no one price their goods and services in dollars…I don’t know why customs which is a government agency is using dollar index in calculating duty for importers to pay."

"I have not seen anywhere is the customs law that gave them the right to do…For me, they are the one increasing the compounded problems on the business community which goes ahead to affect the ordinary Ghanaian in this country," he told GhanaWeb's Ernestina Serwaa Asante in the phone interview.

The Bank of Ghana on Friday, September 16, 2022, entreated Ghanaians to report businesses that price their goods and services in foreign currencies, especially the US Dollar.

According to the Head of Financial Stability at the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Joseph France, it is unacceptable for businesses to price their goods in dollars without the permission of the central bank.

He said the act, which is criminal, breaches the Foreign Exchange Act.