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Gov't considering import bans

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  • Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

    Stop importing cars for officials whose prices have been inflated to $70,000.

  • EFO KOKU 10 years ago

    Out of frustration this NDC govt is running helter skelter with all sorts of policies. They are simply lost. They have no idea what they are doing. One child policy will be implemented in Ghana as is done in China by these id ...
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  • Wells 10 years ago

    If they have their own foreign currency and want to import those products, why ban them. You can refuse them foreign currency from Ghana, but cannot ban them from doing business in Ghana. Do your homework and instruct the cen ...
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  • Kwaxo 10 years ago

    Every sovereign country needs to protect the national currency. I can see this gov't listening and modifying rules. I am impressed.

  • BRANDY 10 years ago

    WE ALLOWED THE NDC TO ENGAGE IN ALL MANNER OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC EVILS AND NOW LOOK AT WHERE THIS HAS BROUGHT US..., We Reap What We Sowed,,,,We Sowed Fake Judgement Debts, Almost One Billion Dollars....We Sowed Woyome 45 Million ...
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  • Victor A. Young 10 years ago

    Things continue to fall apart for Ghanaians, so long as the NDC remains in power! They used fraudulent means to hang on to power with Kwadjo Afari-Gyan help and the blessings of Justice Atuguba. Now they can't see their way c ...
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  • concerned ghanaian 10 years ago

    You are a real misfortune to dear mother Ghana!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    "...Ghana's largest imports include rice, frozen fish, chicken products, vegetable oil, and tomato products." Has anyone in government heard of one Gen Kutu Acheampong who was the head of state of Ghana in the 1970s? If they ...
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  • James. 10 years ago

    Kofi, thank you and God bless you. This bastard Rowlings, the killer is the cause of all these woes and down fall of Ghana. How can Ghana import tomatoes that grow everywhere in Ghana? Rivers are all over the country, the Vol ...
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  • Kofi UK 10 years ago

    Well done my brother. Acheampong was one of the best leaders Ghana has ever had. He with his limited education created operation feed yourself. We had State Fishing Cooperation, Nsawam cannery, Ghanacan tomato puree, free edu ...
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  • Godwin Ray Dolley 10 years ago

    State Fishing Corporation, Nsawam Cannery, GIHOC etc were all created by Kwame Nkrumah.

  • Kwame Ampeh 10 years ago

    The government is taking the right approach as I have always says if the Ministry of Agric is given to me by two years Ghana will be Exporter of Rice, Fish and chicken they allow easy people to just throwing money to foreign ...
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  • WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 10 years ago

    The sudden drop of the cedi in exchange for the major currencies being EXPERIENCED IN GHANA RIGHT NOW has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with imports.

    Ghanaians are dealing with tough economic hardships and have cut down their ...
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  • BAAKO 10 years ago

    I wonder if you understand what trade deficit is. if you don't what it simple means is that, Ghana is importing too much foreign goods, rather than local made goods. even if the importation does not have effects on the cedi, ...
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  • SHITO 10 years ago

    WHERE ARE THE LOCAL INDUSTRIES THIS FOOL IS TALKING ABOUT.

    THESE CRIMINAL SUCCESSIVE LEADERS OF GHANA HAVE DIVESTED ALL THE LOCAL JOB-CREATING INDUSTRIES INTO TOTAL OBLIVION JUST FOR THEIR 10% KICKBACKS.

    THE EFFECTS OF ...
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  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
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  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • LUCK 10 years ago

    Measures to curb excessive imports should have been taken long ago.We could foresee the current state of the cedi becauce of the potential adverse balance of payments position of the country.Why our policy makers could not fo ...
    read full comment

  • Ghanaba 10 years ago

    Follow it up with designer suites and ties and perfumes...please Mr. Dumb Minister

  • Ghanaba 10 years ago

    These ministers and govt haven't learnt anything from our past. They are doing everything to return the country to Kalabule and rationing of goods days. NDC should go back to JJR and ask him if any of these measures worked ev ...
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  • jm 10 years ago

    ALL THEY KNOW IS TO CREATE AVENUES TO STEAL.

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    Another minister is confuse like the president

  • COOLMAN 10 years ago

    FELA KUTI SAYS BUY AFRICA GOODS

  • COOLMAN 10 years ago

    GHANA MISROAD,WE JUST WANT TO COPY A WHITE MAN,WE DO NOT LIKE MADE IN GHANA,SO KEEPON SUFFER

  • JAMES Y 10 years ago

    Not considering, they should, immediately, ban, the importation of the food items and other consumers goods which can be produced in the country. This writer has so often commented that globalisation would kill off Ghana indu ...
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  • EDENSU 10 years ago

    The engine of growth of every economy is the private sector, but in Ghana, the 'crankshaft' in the engine of the private sector was removed by Jerry John Rawlings. When Ghanaian enterpreneurs established factories, they were ...
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  • SHITO 10 years ago

    NONSENSE!!

    WHERE WAS THIS ASHANTI WOMAN KONADU WHEN HER HUSBAND JJ RAWLINGS WAS DIVESTING INTO OBLIVION, NKRUMAH'S AND OTHER INDUSTRIES LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, JUST FOR THE COUPLE'S 10% KICKBACKS?

    I MEAN ALL THE JOB-CRE ...
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  • Gobierno 10 years ago

    At independence the Richest regions in terms of revenue were Western Region(1st), Eastern Region(2nd) and Ashanti Region(3rd).

    The question I would want to ask is what are the most developed regions today?

  • Ecominie 10 years ago

    Today some of the strongest economies are those that were once closed- South Africa during apartheid/India for several decades /China even now /Germany after the world war. We need to support and start somewhere. Why do we im ...
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  • .... 10 years ago

    This is the wisest thing this gov't has said since coming to power!! implementation is another wahala

  • TRUTH HURTS 10 years ago

    TWEAAA

  • Whatever 10 years ago

    Excellent. It's about time we kill the movement of certain needless items into the country

  • Nii Ayi 10 years ago

    We need need to fuck

  • still living 10 years ago

    Frozen chickens,fish,tomato must be stop importing.us early us possible this will help our local farmers us well us our nation we are in the position to produce enough tomato to feed and even export this is long overdue.try t ...
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  • kobby 10 years ago

    No, do not impose ban.
    Let them import with their own foriegn exchange and impose heavy taxes on the what they import.