The General Secretary of the Ghana Bureau of Ecowas Brown Card Insurance Scheme, Mr Gabriel Glover, has said the deadline for all Ecowas member countries to start using the new secure brown card is January 1, 2016.Mr Glover said this during a training programme held for stakeholders on the new Ecowas Brown Card on the premises of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, Tema.
Officials were drawn from the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Ghana Immigration Service, freight forwarders, transporters, the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service and insurance companies.
Explaining the objective of the scheme, Mr Glover said, “The main objective of the scheme is to ensure prompt and fair compensation to victims of motor accidents caused by non-citizen motorists visiting from other ECOWAS member states.”
“The ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance covers third party liability for injuries, death and property damage caused by motorists from other ECOWAS member states. hence, the system guarantees a motor insurance cover which leads to the realisation of the free movement objectives of ECOWAS,” Mr Gabriel Glover explained.
Fake brown cards
Mr Glover warned motorists against the use of fake Brown Cards and said, “We have discovered that there are a large number of fake Brown Cards in circulation and causing serious challenges to the management of the scheme in the sub-region.
A person who issues or tenders false documents commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 25 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding eight months or to both.”
