Ghana must go back to industrialization – Ato Gaisie

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Nii 9 years ago

What the Great Nkrumah asked for was African unity for collective development. Not just industrialization. You cant industrialize if you don't have any one to buy what you industrialize,You cant industrialize if your industri ...
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What the Great Nkrumah asked for was African unity for collective development. Not just industrialization. You cant industrialize if you don't have any one to buy what you industrialize,You cant industrialize if your industrialized products are substandard compared to what is imported. Ghana,s Problem is by and large African Problem and until we Africans especially the greedy leaders see the whole picture of coming together and strategically planning for our own collective benefits, we shall forever be where we are.
Owusu Ansah 1 9 years ago

Those who by that time been born and happily jubilated the overthrown of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and his Governemnt from power should understand that the present financial hardship and numerous unemployment in the country ...
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Those who by that time been born and happily jubilated the overthrown of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and his Governemnt from power should understand that the present financial hardship and numerous unemployment in the country is as a result of their jubilation in 1966, when the Al Qaeda U.P terrorist group staged that stupid and useless coup d`etat. The ideas of Osagyefo Dr. kwame Nkrumah and his 7 years development planning, if allowed to be executed in Ghana and his development planning due to come after, this our country wouldn´t have been in a mess as we encountering today. At least Ghana could have take off, but because our greediness and lies mounted agaianst Nkrumah and his Government by the terrorist groups U.P members we all see where we are now. All the factories Nkrumah built in Ghana have been collapsed, surelly the ideas and vision that Nkrumah had for Ghana this present politicians in Ghana have no idea how to execute such visions, hence our suffering now.
GH-A 9 years ago

Nkrumah's factories had already collapsed before he left office. You need to understand that he blew a lot of our money on his useless President of Africa campaign that there was nothing left in our treasury. By 1964-5 all ou ...
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Nkrumah's factories had already collapsed before he left office. You need to understand that he blew a lot of our money on his useless President of Africa campaign that there was nothing left in our treasury. By 1964-5 all our "development" had stopped and worst for the first time in our history we had no democracy so we couldn't vote him out of office. Also all our corrupt practices were put in place by Nkrumah who elected his friends, most were uneducated and unqualified for anything, to top positions in the Govt.

Ask yourself this, If Nkrumah was so good a president and leader, why was his overthrow so widely celebrated?
JOHN APPIAH 9 years ago

GH-A,I hope you are not the man who calls himself "dye in the wool anti-Nrumahist".Please note that the Kommenda Sugar factory started producing sugar in 1965.The Bolgatanga Meat factory which produced Volta Corned beef and t ...
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GH-A,I hope you are not the man who calls himself "dye in the wool anti-Nrumahist".Please note that the Kommenda Sugar factory started producing sugar in 1965.The Bolgatanga Meat factory which produced Volta Corned beef and the Bonsa Tyre factory and the Tema Steel Works and Valco all started production in 1965 among many others so it is not true that between 1964-65 all our development had stopped.Please don't be an agent of misinformation.
Joe Asamoah 9 years ago

Tokugawah is the same person as GH-A.This ignorant and biased idiot was not even born during the Nkrumah regime,yet he has embarked on a crusade using different monikers to distort facts about Nkrumah.

Tokugawah is the same person as GH-A.This ignorant and biased idiot was not even born during the Nkrumah regime,yet he has embarked on a crusade using different monikers to distort facts about Nkrumah.
Tim Owusu 9 years ago

Looking for buyers of manufactured goods is not pre-condition for industrialisation.We have to industrialise and make sure are manufactured goods are not sub-standard.Our textiles,sugar,cement,corned beef,electronic products, ...
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Looking for buyers of manufactured goods is not pre-condition for industrialisation.We have to industrialise and make sure are manufactured goods are not sub-standard.Our textiles,sugar,cement,corned beef,electronic products,shoes etc which were produced fifty years ago,during the Nkrumah regime were not substandard.Industrialisation is the key.
EZEKIEL 9 years ago

Rightly so !!Lets build the Infra- srtucture,skilled Labour and put the RIGHT POLICIES in place.....SECURITY at the TOP....citizens AND Investors should have the sense of being SAFE!!
Ghanaians like ANYTHING from ANYWHERE OU ...
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Rightly so !!Lets build the Infra- srtucture,skilled Labour and put the RIGHT POLICIES in place.....SECURITY at the TOP....citizens AND Investors should have the sense of being SAFE!!
Ghanaians like ANYTHING from ANYWHERE OUTSIDE Ghana!!!
Oh!what a mindset!!!
AYI 9 years ago

NII IS RIGHT

NII IS RIGHT
Tokugawah 9 years ago

It is indeed very easy to say Ghana should go back to industrialisation. We were never industrialised, the factories set up by the Govt. during Nkrumah's time were beginning to slide and deteriorate. The reasons for that slid ...
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It is indeed very easy to say Ghana should go back to industrialisation. We were never industrialised, the factories set up by the Govt. during Nkrumah's time were beginning to slide and deteriorate. The reasons for that slide are still in Ghana and infact more pronounced. Those reasons include inadequate or lack of efficient supply chain, lack or absence of maintenance culture, lack of spare parts for equipment, lack of experience in quality control processes in both the supply chain end and the production end, lack of adequate training, etc. it goes on. It is not enough to simply say let's industrialise. There are problems like the inability to produce importable items at economic cost which can compete with imported items. VALCO is producing primary aluminium at a cost which is uneconomic and therefore the company is losing money and unable to pay its creditors including VRA for power. The consequence is that the company cannot invest in improvement processes, training etc. It is absolute folly to simply manufacture inefficiently locally just because it will create employment. The benefits are not long term as economic forces of inefficiencies, supply chain problems, quality control etc. will simply re assert and the enterprises will collapse. It is not hopeless but the Govt. has to know what to do. Sadly this Govt. or even an NPP govt. seem not to know what to do, that is the sad part.
Abrantie - In Da House 9 years ago

An NPP man will always try to argue anything that starts with the name Nkrumah.... If the man above says we should go back to industrialization, that doesn't mean we were industrialized before, however, the then said Nkrumah ...
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An NPP man will always try to argue anything that starts with the name Nkrumah.... If the man above says we should go back to industrialization, that doesn't mean we were industrialized before, however, the then said Nkrumah government supported the Idea, so there were some good industire in GH. So all this man is saying is, the gov't should support industries in GH... Now the question should now be in which ways should the gov't supoort industries in GH? That is where your points like quality control, market for the goods etc come inside.

Just standing up to say it won't work is an aspect of partisan view. Because your party is not for industrialisation but for quick money, doesn't mean industrialisation will not work in GH and Africa as well. GH and Africa is bigger than any Party and the fools that follow the party.
Tim Owusu 9 years ago

You have said it all.

You have said it all.
Tokugawah 9 years ago

Indeed do read the full comment. I am not of any party. Why do you bring politics into this, address the points made. There is no record of any developed country who simply "industrialised" it is precisely the error of Presid ...
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Indeed do read the full comment. I am not of any party. Why do you bring politics into this, address the points made. There is no record of any developed country who simply "industrialised" it is precisely the error of President Nkrumah, hope you like that. Every developing country has to start with agriculture and infrastructure first before tackling anything else. We cannot feed ourselves, we do not have enough energy even to keep domestic lights on, road network is atrocious, sanitation, etc. don't have to go on. With all those drawbacks Ghana should industrialise? Indeed products we can produce easily we should do, not by Government but by entrepreneurs. Local entrepreneurs unfortunately prefer to trade, manufacturing is hard, trading is easier. So assuming we even need to produce tooth picks, currently imported, who is going to do it? Easy to say we should do this and that, who is going to do it? Agriculture and infrastructure will create a great many jobs. Infrastructure is for Government to do and long term money can be found from Exim Banks and also from international banks. Roosevelt broke the back of the 1930s depression which had created millions of people out of work by building infrastructure. This created millions of jobs and was the catalyst to turn the economy round. It is not rocket science, it is difficult in Ghana because we have lost our skills as master craftsmen. Do not bring politics into this.
Tim Owusu 9 years ago

"There is no record of any developed which simply "industrialised".It is precisely the error of Nkrumah"
The above statement is a clear indication that you are ignorant about Ghana's development from 1957 to 1966,and espe ...
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"There is no record of any developed which simply "industrialised".It is precisely the error of Nkrumah"
The above statement is a clear indication that you are ignorant about Ghana's development from 1957 to 1966,and especially the importance Nkrumah attached to Agriculture and Ghana's infrastructure.Therefore,I will advise you to refrain from misleading and misinforming readers.For your information,Nkrumah did not neglect Agriculture and infrastructure.In fact unemployment was very low and farm produce was abundant with the establishment of State Farms Corporation,while the State Construction Corporation constructed feeder roads and bridges all over the country.Do you know why Nkrumah established the West Africa Cocoa Research Institute at Tafo and also proposed the University of Agriculture to be sited at Somanya? Please,go back and do your research and come back.
Tim Owusu 9 years ago

Ghana was on the road to industrialization when the imperialists overthrew Nkrumah and halted the seven year Development plan.I can recall all the factories were functioning very well and none of them was detoriating.I have a ...
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Ghana was on the road to industrialization when the imperialists overthrew Nkrumah and halted the seven year Development plan.I can recall all the factories were functioning very well and none of them was detoriating.I have a record of all the factories and I challenge Tokugawah to mention one factory which was detoriating.I hope Togukawah is not one of those born after 1966 who always rely on hearsay.
Robert Okine 9 years ago

Thank you,Ato !

Thank you,Ato !
C.Stephen Sackey 9 years ago

A few months back there was a tragedy in South Korea- the sinking of a boat crammed with school kids on a school trip killing over 200 kids. The ceremonial prime minister resigned- took responsibility fo ...
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A few months back there was a tragedy in South Korea- the sinking of a boat crammed with school kids on a school trip killing over 200 kids. The ceremonial prime minister resigned- took responsibility for the tragedy.A new nominated prime minister was forced to withdraw his nomination- his crime? He said this among others " South Koreans are by nature lazy, lack independece- always looking out for handouts and their political elites are corrupt." Hello! He made this statement to justify the colonization of his country by Japan until the end of WWII.

Folks where is South Korea now in that proverbial pecking order of economic power? She could easily have gone into a fetus position, wrung her hands up in the air and gave up if they had belived in that perception floating around them. They decided to engage the world and engage they did

Ghana and Africa can replicate that achievement and more but the citizenry has to be engaged to keep it's elected officials on their toes.We should offer solutions not some revisionist history which invariably is an opportunity to wallow enjoyably in envy and self- loathing and changes nothing. Messrs Togugawah, Gaisie, etc, come up with an industrilization policy and share them with the world- the powers that be would take notice.

I am a shamelessly optimistic person and hope all of you are and in addition you wear the " I Care Button " because at the end of the day misery does not dress any wounds, it opens up wounds.

God bless.
Jeff, UK 9 years ago

Practically and honestly, how many applied engineers has GH got presently? Technology can be bought but is there the right workforce to work with it. Tihi is not the time for trials. If GH can export only flowers, it will gen ...
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Practically and honestly, how many applied engineers has GH got presently? Technology can be bought but is there the right workforce to work with it. Tihi is not the time for trials. If GH can export only flowers, it will generate loads of foreign exchange. Some group calling itself GUTA is making so much noise about foreign invasion when on its own it cannot claim to have brought into GH even 1 penny. All they do is take $s and just fly out. Who should create the $s?
KANAWU 9 years ago

IT IS VERY TRUE THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION WILL IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY, OUR LIVES ETC IN GHANA. HOWEVER, PRODUCTION OF GOODS SHOULD BE OF GOOD AND WORLD CLASS QUALITY FOR EXPORT AND TO STOP THE IMPORTATION OF SIMILAR GOODS FROM ABRO ...
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IT IS VERY TRUE THAT INDUSTRIALIZATION WILL IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY, OUR LIVES ETC IN GHANA. HOWEVER, PRODUCTION OF GOODS SHOULD BE OF GOOD AND WORLD CLASS QUALITY FOR EXPORT AND TO STOP THE IMPORTATION OF SIMILAR GOODS FROM ABROAD.
GHFUO, what is your Purpose/Legacy!!! 9 years ago

CHOBOLOGY 1, 2 & 3!!!
Now everybody knowS how stupid Ghana President is, He gave $510,000.00 to Brazilian government as taxes with NO work done.
How DUMB MR. President. DID U TALK TO FINANCE MINISTER TEKPER ABOUT THE TAX I ...
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CHOBOLOGY 1, 2 & 3!!!
Now everybody knowS how stupid Ghana President is, He gave $510,000.00 to Brazilian government as taxes with NO work done.
How DUMB MR. President. DID U TALK TO FINANCE MINISTER TEKPER ABOUT THE TAX IMPLICATIONS BEFORE SENDING THE CASH TO BRASIL ON IBRAHIM MAHAMA'S JET?
MAHAMA, U BETTER FIND WAYS TO TERMINATE NYANTAKYI N AFRIYIE ANKRAH FOR MAKING US LOSE MONEY. I DONT LIKE LOSING MONEY. BILL GATES, WARREN BUFFET, DONALD TRUMP ARE SOME OF THE TIGHT FISTED
MUTHERFUCKERS U WILL EVER MEET. THEY HATE LOSING MONEY!
GFA DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!
1.INFLATE WCUP BUDGETARY EXPENSES.
2.GET THE MONEY APPROVED BY PARLAIMENT.
3.DUMB DOWN THE EXPENDITURE/SPEND LESS AND
4.POCKET THE REST.
FOLKS, IF WE DONT GET RID OF NYANTAKYI AND CLUELESS AA. THIS WILL CONTINUE UNBATED. THEY HAVE DONE THIS OVER AND OVER! EVERY GH SOCCER FAN, MP, MINISTERS AND PRES. MAHAMA MUST SEND A TWITER NOTE, FACEBOOK, OR EMAIL MESSAGE TO CAF PRESIDENT ANS SEPP BLATTER. WE DONT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CURRENT GFA AND THIS USELESS COACH! EITHER THEY GET OUT OR WE ARE READY TO BE BANNED!
SEPP BLATTER WILL STEP IN VERY SOON, JUST WATCH. HE WILL SPEAK TO ESSIEN N KPB ON WAT HAPPENED IN BRASIL. NYANTAKYI IS A GREEDY THIEF N HIGHLY CORRUPT. HE IS DONE!
CHOBO 1,2 &3!...
See wat happens when gfa wcup executives inflate budgets, cut corners, cut costs and expenses all in order to pocket free dough.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PLAYERS, GFA EXECUTIVES ENGAGE IN BLACK MAGIC/JUJU, AND PROMISCUIS SEX IN CAMP WITH GH AND BRASILIAN PROSTITUTES
Who will die, who will be fired, who will be dismissed from camp, whose teeth will be punched out, who will be slapped from pole to pole, who will be jailed and disgraced!
Starring: afriyie ankrah as "chooboyee", nyantakyi as "we are sorry", kpb as "m3ka", boye as "boom boom defender", fatau dauda as "sabotage", muntari aka "who are you?",
Jonathan Mensah aka "bouncer", ARMAH parker aka "me p3 slaps" MICHAEL ESSIEN AS "AGORO NE FOM", and aa aka "hwiyiee nyame"! DONT MISS THIS HYSTERICAL PERFORMANCE. At a movie theater near you!
AA AND NYANTAKYI ARE VERY PRIMITIVE, PRE HISTORIC FOOLS! MUAHAHAHAAAAAAAA. PRIMITIVE PPL. CANT YOU SEE WAT YOUR COMPATRIOTS ARE DOING? U FAILED OVER AND OVER. GET OUT!
WE NEED BAFFOE N DESAILLY TO TAKE OVER, PERIOD. CHOBO(NYANTAKYI) AND CLUELESSNES(AA) IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. WE CANT AFFORD TO HAVE 1 OR BOTH IN GH SOCCER. REFUSE TO HEED MY ADVICE AND YOU WILL SEE WORSE.
Nana B. 9 years ago

You should have spoken earlier. Another propaganda to evade responsibility. The story of a Ghanaian life.

We just need people to take their responsibilities serious according to their job description. We should be have way ...
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You should have spoken earlier. Another propaganda to evade responsibility. The story of a Ghanaian life.

We just need people to take their responsibilities serious according to their job description. We should be have way there with that mind set.

Trash every where
Stagnated drains
Poor utility services

Talk of industrialization laughable.

What are we going to use to power plants, doom so/ energy crisis. You never thought about that right? We are a mess.
Ada Man 9 years ago

hahahahahahah, oooooooooooooohhh GHANA, SEE THIS MAN what is he wearing,made in JAMAICA, OR AMERICA, OR COLOMBIA,we like talking is Ghana too muuuuch,ahh why? let copy from you first.

hahahahahahah, oooooooooooooohhh GHANA, SEE THIS MAN what is he wearing,made in JAMAICA, OR AMERICA, OR COLOMBIA,we like talking is Ghana too muuuuch,ahh why? let copy from you first.
Yaro de Mann 9 years ago

Do we have the means right now?

Do we have the means right now?
Kwadjo, London 9 years ago

Let's think outside the box. China is the world's factory and can we do it better and cheaper? No, so what is our strategy on the world market? We could have sold football ( the Ghanaian way ) but we were not disciplined enou ...
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Let's think outside the box. China is the world's factory and can we do it better and cheaper? No, so what is our strategy on the world market? We could have sold football ( the Ghanaian way ) but we were not disciplined enough. We 've got the manpower, all that is needed is repositioning the economy within the global market and our fortunes will be turned around. Eg. assempling of semi - finished goods, increasing cocoa pdn per hectre of land. Animal husbandry, etc. How did the Chinese do it? They devalued their currency used the margin to support local production. The Britsh did the same, Germany, USA . Why do we cry when the market devalues the currency. Wake up Ghana, you are enjoying the poverty of your people.

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