Protectionism is not the right way to go - Yofi Grant

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  • Fake President 8 years ago

    If China did not protect their own businesses they won't be anywhere near great today!!

  • Jonas. 8 years ago

    Ghanaians in other parts of the world do buy and sell,why restrict others.Adum in Kumasi was the most cosmopolitan business center in West Africa.Syrians, Lebanese, Malians,Nigerians,Indians, British and Ghanaians were both t ...
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  • Yaw Yeboah 8 years ago

    It is in the interests of all countries to ensure that what they Export, is more than what is imported. Otherwise, there will be a deficit in revenue. Ghana trades with a number of countries but
    exports less to our partn ...
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  • Selorm 8 years ago

    Do you think we have the resources to compete with foreign investors who earn much higher and have valued currency than us. Before we realise they would have bought the whole country and we will be slaves on our own land. I b ...
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  • lankwei 8 years ago

    Spot on.

  • lankwei 8 years ago

    We do NOT need laissez faire in this country. Foreign investments must be targeted and inure to the real benefit to the Ghanaian labour force. Reducing the bar for rapacious investors should not be allowed.
    Why do leeches ge ...
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  • Selorm 8 years ago

    You talk of 'reducing the bar should not be allowed'. Is that also another form of protectionism? Foreign mining companies were given licenses to explore for gold on 25 acre land before we realised they were mining the whole ...
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  • Fools Police 8 years ago

    I am tempted to call you a big fool but I won't. As much as I do not belong to your political party, I admire your character. However, you cannot expect a poor country like ghana which is disadvantaged in so many ways to comp ...
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  • Agbo 8 years ago

    Akuffo Addo must sack this guy. He is a traitor. Instead if trying to help Ghanaians to raise capital and investing in their own economy so we become independent as a people. He is advocating for us to sell ourselves to fore ...
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  • Ray Alan, bully rogue liar attorney 8 years ago

    Any investor that cannot meet the capital requirements is not an investor but a parasite. We must assess also the capital outflow when talking about FDI. Removal of the restriction will lure in rogue investors and people like ...
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  • Akos 8 years ago

    We have to protect our people even animals do that. From today Ghanaians first