By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHERE is need to consider extending the border operating times to 24 hours at the Walvis Bay Corridor to boost business operations.The major reason for establishing a One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) along transport corridors is to expedite the movement of goods and people, and to reduce transport costs.On the extension of operating hours, Walvis Bay Corridor Group Chief Executive Officer, Mbahupu Tjivikua, said there was need to extend working hours from opening at seven in the morning to seven in the evening to 24 hours.Mr Tjivikua observed that having the border closed for 12 hours translates into lost time in business.“We commend the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) for many modernisation initiatives being put in place to make doing business easier like implementing the preclearance system which is reducing waiting times and congestion at the border,” he said recently when he paid a courtesy call to the ZRA Commissioner General, Dingani Banda.In response, Mr […]
EXTEND OPERATING HOURS AT WALVIS BAY CORRIDOR
