Mr Alan Kyeremanteng, Minister of Trade and Industry, has defended the introduction of far-reaching programmes by government to revamp Ghana’s economy saying the country’s peculiar challenges require an ambitious action to quicken growth.
The government has launched a national policy summit to dialogue with the private sector and collate public views about how to carry out its industrial transformation agenda to put the country back on its right footing.
The Ministry on Monday announced a 10-point strategic initiative of the government to grow the economy which includes establishment of industrial parks, special economic zones in each of the regions, and promoting small and medium-scale enterprise development.
The government also hinted of the creation of industrial sub-contracting expo, promotion of export diversification, improving domestic retail trade and made in Ghana goods.
Mr Kyeremateng said government plans to create enabling business environment and regulate businesses as well as institutionalise the public-private sector dialogue process.
He told participants at the second edition of the summit on Tuesday that there is “no action without vision” and “no country has achieved superlative growth without an ambitious programme”.
He said the kind of challenges confronting the country demanded that government introduced robust and ambitious policies and programmes to restructure the economy for speedy growth and wealth creation.
“We in Ghana also want to use policies as instruments of transforming our economy,” he said.
“So we as a nation have to provide the needed leadership in terms of setting the agenda and leading the implementation process and co-ordinating the contributions of other sectors,” he added.
Source: GNA
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Common cassava farm self you no fit manage am.
looks like the talk is too much - please implemnt your ideas
Who say that we don't have clever people in Ghana politics to solve our economic problems? we have. In fact, we have PLENTY of them. The problem is selfish, greedy and corruption in our governance. Just called one of these politicians and give money to the person to go and DEVELOP his or her constituency. In fact, more than half of the money given would go in to his or her pocket and what is left would be send to do that job.
Haba!! The talking is too much. Are you saying you do not have any new ideas for solving the economic problems? We need clever people to solve these problems. You politicians like talking too much. Find the clever people across Ghana and take advice and ideas from them. Stop the talking and start llooking for people with ideas to solve the problems. Haba!!!
we should be care not to talk for four years with no show. we seems to have all the ideas to make Ghana better but the will to act is never there, whyyyyy?
Essentially, Ghana govt has to reach out to clever people in all the districts and have frequent forums with them over what to do in the respective districts and regions to promote food production, housing, education, business and industry. These are things that CANNOT be done by bureaucrats in Accra. The key is to FIND CLEVER PEOPLE and take SUGGESTIONS from them in the various districts and develop those districts with those ideas. That is the only way to economically develop Ghana sustainably.