GFA Bus Shipment Includes 40 Mattresses, Totaling GH₵356K – GRA reveals

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has informed JoySports that one of the containers carrying a bus from the nine buses procured by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for Division One League clubs also contained over 30 mattresses. This brought the total cost to GH₵356,380.33. It is currently unclear whether the mattresses were intended for the revamped Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence or for another use.

Earlier, JoySports reported that some of the buses imported by the GFA, valued at GH₵5,175,000 and cleared by Freightgistics Ghana Company Ltd., had not yet been registered due to missing documentation, as reported by several clubs. The report also mentioned that one of the “used Hyundai County buses” arrived along with other unidentified items in the same container.

It has now been revealed that the other items in the container were medium-sized and student mattresses. JoySports’ Muftawu Nabila Abdulai had inquired with the GRA for details about the container’s contents, but the response came after the initial story was published, which is why this information was not included in the first report.

According to the GRA’s response to JoySports, the container that carried the used black matte Hyundai County bus also contained 25 packs of medium-sized mattresses and 15 packs of student mattresses, totaling 40 mattresses. The CIF (cost, insurance, and freight) value of the bus was GH₵212,783.08, while the 25 medium-sized mattresses were valued at GH₵32,597.50, and the 15 packs of student mattresses at GH₵14,027.29.

As outlined in JoySports’ March 4, 2025, publication, the total duty on the bus was GH₵72,116.10. The duty on the 25 medium-sized mattresses was GH₵17,000.86, and the duty on the 15 student mattresses was GH₵7,311.63.
In total, the duty on all items in the container amounted to GH₵96,972.46.

The total amount spent on the container, including the CIF value and duty, is GHC 356,380.33.