Twenty
customs officers are currently undergoing a two-week intensive custom pilot
induction training at the Kairaba Beach Hotel.
The
two weeks training was organized by the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) with
support from Afrita West2, to better enhance their custom skills to respond
effectively to service delivery.
Speaking
at the training session, Andrew Argyle, an expert working for IMF based in the
UK, said the training was to equip the custom officers with the requisite
knowledge and skills to better respond to effective service delivery.
He
said IMF and GRA senior management felt it very important to have their staff
well nurtured on GRA procedures, ethics and regulations.
He
said it was an investment from the IMF with marvelous cooperation with GRA,
adding that the training was run by Gambians and organized by GRA for their
custom staff.
According
to him, the training would cover legislation, human resources management,
integrity and ethics.
In
his opening remarks, Alieu Bittaye, Director of Management Service at GRA, said
the induction training was meant to help custom officers to know about the GRA
rules and regulations, policy, process and procedures that they are supposed to
apply.
He
said the training targeted twenty participants and it was a training of
trainers to acquire the necessary skills with the support of a technical
assistant.
He emphasized that the customs officers would
be exposed to GRA rules and regulation among other related matters.
