GHANA TO BE EXPORTER OF FINISHED PRODUCTS SOON…..PRESIDENT MAHAMA President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Ghana had over the years become the trail-blazer in Africa on account of her leading role in all the political moves of the continent stressing that the Nkrumah regime witnessed the struggle for independence from colonial masters that was replicated in most African countries. Unfortunately, Ghana also took a leading role in the declaration of coup detats in Africa that was again emulated by other African countries and now the democratization of Ghana since 1993 has set the agenda for others. President Mahama said this when he addressed Black Solicitors network in London on: “Ghana Politics and Economic Growth: A Journey to success. President blamed the status of Ghana and other African countries as mass producers of raw materials to the type of economies that they inherited from Britain their colonial master and gave the assurance that such measures needed changes to transform the economies. That is why this time around, we are taking up measures to become processors of finished goods especially in the areas of cocoa, gold and timber that we have relied on for the past decades. He said it was unfortunate that Ghana imported all kinds of goods including goods such as tomatoes, oil, poultry, timber and cocoa products that it had the prospects to produce for both domestic consumption and for export. By JM Manifesto Watch
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:07:30 +0000