No entrepreneur outside the shores of Ghana is any cleverer than those in the country, trying in their various fields to make it in the business world, Businessman, Ibrahim Mahama has said. The support they receive from their country according to him is the backing force behind their successes.
The Chief Executive Officer of construction firm Engineers and Planners Company Limited explained that most Ghanaian businesses are unable to fully flourish because of how unsupportive most local banks in the country are and how politics in the country to a large extent is used as a ‘pull him down’ tool on every successful business trying to make it.
“I am competing against a Nigerian business company, the Nigerian business man has told all the Nigerian banks not to help you because they want to support the Nigerian. Big Nigerian business men are not clever than we Ghanaians. The laws of Nigeria helps Nigerian business men. We Ghanaians don’t help our business men, we rather bring them down for the sake of politics,” he noted.
The business tycoon speaking on the theme; “The role of entrepreneurs in reducing unemployment and achieving the sustainable development goals” at the 2018 GRASSAG Entrepreneurship Seminar in Accra, added that some state institutions built to aid young and budding entrepreneurs grow, do not have laws that adequately function resulting in a situation where some start-ups are left high and dry.
“Yes, state institutions are supposed to help, but unfortunately our laws don’t work. If the laws worked, so many Ghanaians would be in business now. You need to put what you learn here into practice out there. You cannot afford to depend on people, stay focused, be honest and work hard,” he said.
Mr. Mahama who is also the brother of former president John Dramani Mahama, speaking from experience, shared how challenging it was for his business enterprise to grow during his brother’s reign as everything he did was politicized and sometimes sabotaged by opposing bodies.
“My brother was president and I couldn’t build a cement plant, I borrowed money from local banks, government banks which were built for development are not interested in development that is why I get so passionate when I talk like this. Nkrumah built that bank as a development bank and yet they will never help you, that is why most of the international companies will do better than the Ghanaian companies,” he mentioned.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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You can't convert lies into reality, if Ibrahim has stollen monies like you are claiming, why don't the government arrest him. His brother is no more in power. We are also waiting for Kennedy to swallow his concoction. Till Ghanaians learn to support and not destroy each other we shall remain a shithole
fuck up, u corrupt , u and your brother decided to take every coin in the state coffers, God will punish u people, all my prayer is that your brother will contest again in 2020 so that you destroy some of the monies you stole
why has he slept with your wife, read the story well. He never said he was suffering. Exactly whats he has talked about is whats happening on this platform. Ghanaians are just haters we shall never go beyond aid. Next Government will surely destroy any succesfull business person under this government. Indians Lebanese and foreign businessmen are never affected with any change of Government.
#Let support KANTANKA AUTOMOBILE COMPANY# We should not let KAC COLLAPSE, out of one car company, many companies will spring up. Let stopped the importation of foreign made cars which are available now - starting from our government appointees... South Korea is closer to Japan than any country in the world but it's hardly to find Japanese made cars on Koreans roads...I did this survey myself on a busy (Busan or Pusan) in Korea.. Now Koreans cars are rocking shoulders with Japanese, American, etc cars... Let start to patronised Kantanka cars...I bet you, let give ourselves 5 years....they will pass some of the world's leading car companies... I believed in Ghana... Yes we can....
listen to this fooolish man, ur and ur family have looted all ghana people monies, wait and see one day what the masses will do to u, ***barred word*** and looters, gh pp
He is going broke or he is not generating much income as previously when his brother was in presidency that's why he's saying this. He has started feeling the heat for real. All that plane he has bought will eat him up BIG time.
YES THEY ARE BETTER THAN YOU BECAUSE THEY DON'T SLEEP WITH PEOPLES WIVES LIKE YOU.