News:
November 13, 2018
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Frank Annor-Dompreh has lauded the trade relations between Ghana and China over several decades.
According to him quoting news sources, trade volumes between the two Nations as at the end of 2017 has reached US $ 6.6 billion from US $ 5.6 billion recorded in 2014.
Mr Frank Annor-Dompreh who is Member of Parliament for Nsawam- Adoagyiri in the Eastern region stated this on the floor of Parliament where he made a statement on the new dawn of the Ghana- China bilateral trade relations.
China’s investment in Ghana as at 2017 amounts to $123 m including a $50 m Fund for the construction of a proposed James Town fishing Port complex in Accra.
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Mr Annor-Dompreh lauded the current Akufo Addo led government for signing eight Ghana-China cooperation agreements valued at US $ 2 Billion to help improve various sectors of the Ghanaian economy.
The MP urged his colleagues to embrace the $2 billion Sinohydro facility which he described as a welcome news that needs a bi- partisan approach for the interest of the nation.
China and Ghana have been partners in development dating back to the days of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Zhou Enlai in the 1960s.
By Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com