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State must support private sector directly - Nduom
Accra, Jan. 11, Ghanadot/GNA - Papa Kwesi
Nduom, Convention People's Party (CPP) flag bearer, on
Friday said the Ghanaian private sector would derive direct
support from the state to grow and create more jobs to give
living wages and salaries to Ghanaians when elected
president.
"This nation can become prosperous in our lifetime. The
Ghanaian private sector can make an important contribution
to the wealth of the nation by becoming competitive and
highly productive. This I will make sure happens as the next
president of the Republic of Ghana", he said in Accra when
he interacted with the executives of the Association of
Ghana Industries (AGI) to share his ideas for the growth of
the private sector.
Dr Nduom said he would put the Ghanaian at the "centre of
opportunity" in the private and public sectors because he
believed that it was government's responsibility to prepare
its people and give them the necessary opportunities to
overcome inexperience and inadequate capital.
He said when given the opportunity to lead the country, he
would implement a "consistent and aggressive" government
policy to support industries owned by Ghanaians throughout
the country to ensure that such companies were strengthened
to compete with foreign imports and in international
markets.
The CPP presidential candidate bemoaned the fact that even
though Ghana had the capacity to produce many products that
were basic essentials for the people and industry, apart
from the traditional products it is noted for, "yet we have
opened our doors very wide to imports that suppress our
potential for job creation".
He said he would use "Positive Action" to strengthen
Ghanaian industries for the benefit of the many young men
and women looking for jobs, adding that no country had
really developed and prospered significantly on the backs of
exporting raw materials to feed factories abroad.
According to Nduom, domestic industries that could compete
at home and export products were needed to break the country
out of poverty, promising that the purchasing power of the
state would be used to ensure that the country maximized the
potential of local industries in all areas.
"The Ghanaian private sector can look forward with all
confidence and assurance that in me they have someone who
can understand the difficulties faced by entrepreneurs first
hand.
"The CPP leadership has people with direct experience in job
creation and industrial development in Ghana and abroad. We
have an enduring CPP tradition of job creation. We are
prepared to use appropriately the private sector,
cooperatives, joint ventures with foreign investors and
strategic state participation to bring work and happiness to
our people at home", he said.
"I have the will and the commitment to use every available
positive means to ensure that we have a profitable,
competitive Ghanaian private sector that will benefit the
nation as the next president of the Republic of Ghana", he
added.
Mr Anthony Oteng-Gyasi, President of the AGI, laudable Dr
Nduom's views on the development of the private sector and
expressed the hope that such ideas would be translated into
actions if he (Nduom) was elected as the next President of
Ghana.
He said the AGI had plans to dialogue with all the
presidential aspirants on their programmes towards the
development of the private sector and what industry expected
of them.
GNA
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