FORMER TRADE MINISTER CHASTISES PARLIAMENT OVER CHINESE FURNITURE
Mr. Dan Abodakpi-Fmr Trade Mi |
The decision, according to him, is an affront to the
quest to encourage consumption of locally made goods and food to
stimulate the national economy.
Speaking in an interview with GBC’s
Garden City Radio
in Kumasi, Mr. Abodapki, who is also a former Ghana’s Ambassador to
Malaysia, noted that patronage of locally produced food and goods can
significantly help in strengthening the local currency against the
foreign ones, create jobs for the people as wells as reduce
importation that has negative consequence on the economic growth.
Mr.
Abodakpi, who is among the four persons running for the National
Chairmanship of the NDC, also expressed regret about the governance
style of Ghana.
He said a change in government should not lead to
change in the overall national socio-economic development. He
expressed regret that changeovers in governments in Ghana in recent
years have resulted in abandoning of certain important national
programmes and projects that were initiated by previous governments.
He commended the NPP government for implementing the plan to create a
free port at Boankra in the Ashanti region.
The project, according to
him, is his initiative when he was the Trade and Industry Minister.
He regretted however, that the project has stalled following the exit
of the NPP government.
Mr. Abodakpi therefore encouraged all future
governments to complete projects started by their predecessors in the
interest of speedy national socio-economic development.
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