Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has said the Ashanti Region will become the entrepreneurial paradise of Ghana in the next administration of President John Dramani Mahama.
Mr. Debrah, who
was in the Ashanti Region on a five-day campaign tour, said the area was in the
best position to boost industrialization and entrepreneurship considering the
readiness of the people to explore available opportunities. Mr .Debrah, who was
addressing journalists in Kumasi, said the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
government under President Mahama would continue to boost economic activities
by supporting the citizenry.
“Industrialization
can thrive in Ashanti again. If you look at the people in the region, they are
by nature entrepreneurs; they have the flair for entrepreneurship. If you pick
from the timber industry to commerce to construction, you always see that
people within the Ashanti Region are good at it. Even if you look at farming,
anything they set their minds to do they make sure they do it properly and they
become very successful and, so, as a government you are serving the people
better if you can lend a hand or give them a push to something that they
already have a competitive urge and those are the things that inform our
decision to boost entrepreneurship and industrialization in the Ashanti Region
if the president gets a second nod,” he stated.
“Talking about
industrialization, there are segments within industrialization. There are
people interested in small enterprises, others will be interested in medium
enterprises, and others in large-scale manufacturing activities. So, our
objective and aim cover all these. For example, in China they will say Beijing
is the political capital of China. If you pick Shanghai, they will tell you it
is the financial capital of China; Guangzhou is the trade hub. Our thinking is
that Ashanti should be the entrepreneurial paradise of Ghana in the next
administration of President Mahama.
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