You have supported government through your taxes, ideas and hard work. We have endured challenges not only within our foreign exchange regime but also petroleum pricing regime. We have experienced precipitous drops in the prices of our major commodities, cocoa and gold. In honouring our commitment to the welfare of Ghanaian workers our wage bill had ballooned from GHC3 billion per annum to GHC9 billion per annum. Our over-reliance on imports and chronic avoidance of local alternatives have not helped matters. These challenges have not diminished our resolve to develop infrastructure in the water, education, health, road and communication sectors for Ghana’s socioeconomic transformation. We have continued as a government with your support, sacrifices and contributions to sustain the growth of this country for the benefit of not only the present generation but also generations yet unborn. Ladies and gentlemen of the media through these moments the President has been engaging Ghanaians from all walks of life, farmers, fishermen, artisans, market women, civil servants, teachers, nurses, doctors, lawyers, lecturers, engineers, farmers, market women, artisans and fishermen among others. The President continues to be an active listener even as he takes steps to structurally transform Ghana. In this year’s State of the Nation Address, President Mahama revealed that in 2013 alone, we spent US$1.5 billion to import rice, sugar, wheat, tomato products, frozen fish, poultry and vegetable cooking oils. As government continues to work assiduously to reverse this trend with the ultimate aim of becoming a net exporter, we call on our fellow citizens to support the President’s initiative rallying us to buy, use and sell Made In Ghana Goods. --- Excerpts from Press Conference addressed by Deputy Minister for Information Felix Kwakye Ofosu on Tuesday July 08, 2014.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:57:18 +0000
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