Minister Describes Investment Portfolio As Encouraging

The Minister in charge of Private/Public Sector, Alhaji Rashid Pelpuo, says investment into Ghana is increasing by the day and not less than twenty companies are registered every day. He said this is encouraging. He told Radio Ghana that on the local front investment is more in the housing sector. Apart from the housing sector investors are also showing interest in agriculture and processing as well as export. As at last year, more than 100,000 jobs have been created for Ghanaians. The economy will be imparted on positively and with time the frontiers of the private sector would be widened to create further jobs for the army of graduates to have jobs. Graduates would also be challenged to open their own private jobs as soon as the Investment Fund is released. He also touched on the specific amount investors are supposed to bring into the country.