{"id":153539,"date":"2015-09-21T11:26:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=153539"},"modified":"2015-09-21T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:28:09","slug":"ghana-imports-90-of-meat-products-400-spent-in-2011-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/ghana-imports-90-of-meat-products-400-spent-in-2011-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana imports 90% of meat products; $390m spent in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pro Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor G.A Teye Eyumu has revealed that the nation\u2019s meat industry has collapsed to the extent that government imported live animals and animal products worth $390, 994.530 in 2011.<\/p>\n
He made reference to the collapsed Ghana Meat Marketing Board and the Bolgatanga GIHOC Meat Industry among others established in the 70s to buttress his point.<\/p>\n
Professor Teye Eyumu brought this to the fore at his maiden lecture on the topic \u201cThe meat industry: a potential for national development\u201d held at the UDS Tamale city campus.<\/p>\n
He described the continual importation of meat products into the country as totally unacceptable and admonished government to invest in the local meat industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cRevamping the local meat industry will reduce the importation of live animals and animal products and also generate revenue for the state through taxation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professor Teye Eyumu also anticipated that revamping the local meat industry will help reduce youth unemployment.<\/p>\n
\u201cGhana has the potential to produce all classes of animals for the meat industry to create jobs and wealth for the unemployed masses.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the UDS Pro Vice Chancellor, about 80% of butchers in the country particularly the youth are semi-literate or uneducated.<\/p>\n