Is Ghana Airports Company listening? Active thievery at unaccompanied baggage section

I said the GAC because the supposed thievery was happening on their premises and nowhere else.

The entire KIA and for that matter all the other airports in the country are under their administration.

These are high security areas and yet from what one observes, there are too many people, some attired and some not, who come an go in the area.

Staff

Yes, they may be staff of the company, but do we really need that number mingling with passengers at the baggage claims area when after all, baggage trolleys are freely provided for passenger use?

It was so repulsive the other day, hearing one such mingling staff asking unashamedly as he wheeled a trolley to a passenger and remarked: “perhaps you could offload your coins to me”.  His message was too direct and shameful.

That apart and on the issue of alleged thieveries, one wonders where the electronic security surveillances at KIA are.

Definitely those opening and taking items from passengers’ unaccompanied bags are doing so undisguised and could be recognised in security cameras.

One cannot imagine that the unaccompanied baggage claim area does not have security cameras.

That should not be for any area within the inner confines of any high security institution as the airport.

Even if the culprits are not necessarily staff, what would be their right for being in such a protective enclave and to have time to do what they do without being found out?

On the other hand, if electronic cameras are in place, then arresting the culprits and bringing sanity in the area should not be a problem.

One wonders how problems of any dissatisfied individual is settled, having witnessed the process of complainants, including being asked to complete some kind of a form, while I was in there.

But that notwithstanding, the issue at stake is more to do with the safety and protection of passengers’ unaccompanied personal effects flown into KIA.

GAC should be concerned about the bad image the miscreants are creating for the country’s airports.

Some investigations need to be conducted and people made accountable. Thievery at KIA is not only a security risk, but it is also a shameful act that needs to be stopped.

One would call for strict implementation of restrictive access for all manner of persons, including third party access, into any of their buildings where especially passenger bags are stored.

That should go for all the airports around the country.

Writer’s E-mail: vickywirekoandoh@yahoo.com