“There will be no export of raw materials from this country. Government is determined that we are going to have value addition to our raw materials to create employment for our own people,” he said.

Mr. Marfo said this on Thursday at Batsona during the inauguration of the Tema West Municipal Assembly which was carved out of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA).

Observing the effects that the exported raw materials has had on Ghana, he said, “We cannot have a situation in which our raw materials are used to create employment for people elsewhere whilst our people live in poverty.”

He said, “We want jobs for our people. The number one problem we have in Ghana today is unemployment, but we always export our raw materials unprocessed for them to process which brings a lot of revenue and create jobs for their people.”

“So government has resolved that it won’t allow the export of these materials without adding value to them here in Ghana”.

He said some countries had such a law, and that the government was currently looking at a draft legislation which would demand that all raw materials in Ghana should be processed before exported.

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Source: GNA

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According to him in order to ensure progress and prosperity of such countries, “we must add value to these resources, we must industrialise and we must enhance agricultural productivity.”

Akufo-Addo made the remark on Thursday at a State Dinner held in his honour by the President of Guinea, Prof. Alpha Conde during a three-day tour of that country.

President Akufo-Addo told President Conde that he was there to build on the existing relations between the two countries, as well as explore, further, other areas of co-operation for the mutual benefit of the both Ghana and Guinea.

“Co-operation in the development of our agriculture, education, science and technology, infrastructure, health, energy and culture, and the co-ordination of the exploitation of our mutual natural resources, such as bauxite, iron ore, gold and petroleum, would be of immense benefit to our two countries,” he added.

President Akufo-Addo also proposed that the two countries hold the next session of the Permanent Joint Commission on Co-operation (PJCC) in Accra before the end of the year, adding that “we must intensify the links between Ghanaian and Guinean enterprises, and, thereby, also hasten the process of regional integration.”

President Akufo-Addo commended President Conde for the ongoing efforts he is making to entrench democracy and the rule of law in the body politic of Guinea, as well to maintain the country’s unity and integrity devoid of narrow partisan, ethnic considerations.

“It is a historic task, but one in which your life-long struggle and sacrifices for Guinean democracy have prepared you adequately to undertake. We wish you well and Godspeed,” he added.

President Akufo-Addo was also thankful for the presence of his Guinean counterpart at his inauguration on 7th January, 2017, and also for the presence of the Guinean Prime Minister, M. Mamady Youla, at Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary celebrations, on 6th March, 2017.

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By: Sammi Wiafe/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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