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Mahama orders ban on imported electrical cables

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  • Ojay 8 years ago

    Mr.President who doesn't know that it's from China, but next time don't mention names just be smart.

  • CITIZEN ONE 8 years ago

    That sure wasn't smart, on the contrary, he may not have said China but our illiterate Twi-thinking journalists can plant words in anybodies mouth, whenever they please, and get away with it. Problem is that it is not only Ch ...
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  • JOE BLOCK, U.S.A. 8 years ago

    Nexans Cable Metal uses German technology and is better than Tropical Cables. The Owner of tropical cables, Oteng Gyasi, buys his products from China.....what a comic relief!
    Ask his workers at the factory. Mahama be very ca ...
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  • John 8 years ago

    LOL

  • A to Williams 8 years ago

    Good idea. I reckon the State will look atthe procurement laws in respect of this new directive.
    Prices may be higher for a combination of reasons that we all know-finance,power,etc-but we must start being self reliant .
    I ...
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  • JoJo 8 years ago

    Tank u Ojay...de president shdnt ve mentioned names...

  • CITIZEN ONE 8 years ago

    Slow path to industrialization. I don't think we need cutlasses in Accra any longer, but that and wheelbarrows are things we can manufacture and export to our rural folks and other west African nations. This new generation of ...
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  • Adekunle 8 years ago

    No research, just raving and ranting. Is this thinking out of the box? mtew!

  • Step 8 years ago

    What at all do you want him to say... He says let's strive to manufacture goods we need, this one too you don't understand.... Ahhhh mitcheeewww kraa my guy!

  • Machine 8 years ago

    This is good news but do you consider their prices too ? Our local product are more expensive to afford.

  • Fiifi 8 years ago

    That is the challenge and question! Why are locally produced products more expensive??? There are many various reasons for that, but there are also ways of reducing the prices; lets put on our thinking caps!!

  • Gina Hamburg 8 years ago

    Now that's you are talking Mr President,it's can also create alot of jobs in the country..Good idea

  • Victor, HO. 8 years ago

    Respect Stakeholder engagement.fellow country men will abuse this orders.

  • Gina Hamburg 8 years ago

    Now that you are talking Mr President,it's will even create jobs in the country.

  • Abrantie 8 years ago

    So the president of a third world nation like Ghana unilaterally ban any product he does not like.?

  • Damion 8 years ago

    Who is going to enforce this. Making a statement Mr mahama doesn't set the ball rolling. That is your problem. You keep saying things but there is no follow up. You said the power minister was going to end dumsor soon. Did yo ...
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  • Kwame Oduro London E 15 8 years ago

    Almost every item used for the refurbishment of our parliament is from China. So what was that--- thinking inside the box or thinking outside the box?

  • Boss(Amansie Ba) 8 years ago

    Corrupt mahama always fraudulent deals.

  • larry antwi 8 years ago

    are you not the same people who imported chairs from Italy saying you are conserving our forest...why don't they continue to import because they will conserve our minerals(metals)

  • JAY 8 years ago

    The Ministry of Trade and Industry must sit up,the sector Minister must wake up.Why should it be the President telling ECG what to do?what is the sector Minister Ekow Spio Garbrah doing about it.

  • mensa 8 years ago

    stop poking your nose in Ghana business and destroy our economy

  • Bazly 8 years ago

    Bravo comment Mr president

  • tony germany 8 years ago

    This is what exactly most of us expect from you strong measures which would produce gud results sir

  • Gogus 8 years ago

    Bravo Mr. President! however it looks like you talk more outside the box than think. Immediate Ban? Do local companies already have in stock ALL the items needed. Are they already producing ALL these items locally? What are ...
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  • Kofi A 8 years ago

    Mr Mahama, all imported cables don't come from China alone. Empty barrel. Think before you talk. What a wow. God have mercy on Ghana.

  • majid 8 years ago

    God, Ghanaians are dead now. Tropical cable will come up with a new price list by tomorrow. Ghanaians hate market competition and that is why we are where we are today. Chinese are in UK now signing business agreement with t ...
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  • Joe 8 years ago

    Should this be coming from the president? Where is the Ghana Standard Authority?What is their work?

  • JH. New York 8 years ago

    Is there any Manufacturers in the Country producing these products. If Not/Yes the President should insist on Specifications.B'cos a local Assemble
    Line could equally import Cheap or inferior materials to assemble to maxim ...
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  • ed 8 years ago

    STY AWAY FROM GHANA BUSNISS MAHAMA
    YOU NEVER RUN ANYTHING/ANY BUSNISS IN YOUR LIFE AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BUSNISS

  • JH. New York 8 years ago

    Are there any Manufacturers in the Country producing these products. If Not/Yes,the President should insist on Specifications.B'cos a local Assemble
    Line could equally import Cheap inferior materials to assemble to maximi ...
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  • JH. New York 8 years ago

    Yes,these items could be assembled here,here with which Kind or energy!.
    I don't think Ghana is going back to firewood or Charcoal in the 21st Century.

  • SD 8 years ago

    Mr President, is it only electrical cables etc you interested in? What about the hundreds of items on the market which are endangering our import/export balance, including toothpicks and many other useless items?

  • NANA ASARE/LONDON 8 years ago

    Oh great! if the President is saying that; but has he had another thought that these local manufacturers need "electricity" to produce ? That is why we are talking about the need to upgrade the power as soon as possible first ...
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