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June 25, 2022
Member of Parliament for Tamale South Haruna Iddrisu is advocating for the state to support genuine Ghanaian entrepreneurs to help move the country out of poverty. Mr Haruna was speaking on Thursday, June 23, 2022 when the Majority Leader Osei-Kyei-Mensah invited him to accompany him on an industrial visit to a Ghanaian owned factory in Tema, Dzata Cement. According to him the Majority Leader upon his invitation extended the invitation to the Committee on Trade and Industry and leadership of the Works and Housing of Parliament and they have gone round to physically inspect the facility.
The Minority leader noted that it is a worthy Ghanaian business initiative and exemplifies Ghanaian enterprise success of indigenous Ghanaian business. As such it should serve as a wake up call to the political elite in Ghana to grow above petty partisanship and grow truly Ghanaian indigenous business regardless, whether the person has this or that political colour should not be guiding factor in who does what in the country. “It reminds me that the opportunities in Ghana must be to the benefit of every Ghanaian. If there is any potential Ghana person who is capable of showing business of promise and working to succeed, we, should together support that person; we have seen it and they require support, this should not be above the states”.
He further pointed out that more especially when as a country we want to open opportunity for employment and to alleviate poverty through employment, the good thing about cement is the value chain – there are distributors, and loading boys and others. Again, two of its kind would open opportunities for Ghana, and advice, “we should support genuine Ghanaian enterprise to move us from poverty”.
According to him, when it comes to electricity, it is only in Ghana that industry pays more than the ordinary consumer as it has been a matter that the Association of Industries have put on the table since his days as the sector Minister. “We would need institutional reforms in other to be able to correct and guarantee low cost”, he said.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com