The\u00a0 Association of\u00a0 Cement\u00a0 Manufacturers in Ghana is calling for an urgent \u00a0intervention\u00a0 from government to\u00a0 save the industry\u00a0 from collapse.<\/p>\n
The manufacturers lament the influx of imported bagged cement coupled with a reduction in freight value of the product is detrimental to their business.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”w6BBpkGzoMA1oscqSNtzEGxb1OUgOKSC”]In their bid to get their concerns\u00a0addressed, they have petitioned the Ministry of Trade, Tariff Advisory\u00a0 Board\u00a0 and\u00a0 the Commissioner\u00a0 of the\u00a0 Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority.<\/p>\n
Their petition comes on the back of a recent demonstration by the youth of Aflao over similar concerns.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show,<\/strong> Chairman of the Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana, Rev. Dr. George Dawson Amoah, said the local industry needs \u00a0to be protected in order for them to be sustained.<\/p>\n \u201cHow do you encourage a local industry to expand and to invest then you keep a blind eye and encourage what we call imports?\u00a0If the private sector is the engine of growth, then why don\u2019t we encourage the private sector here in Ghana to utilize its capacity? he quizzed.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the Chinese government is actually subsidizing and even giving discounts for them to actually import into their country, then it is also an issue because the problem is that, then what safe measures are\u00a0putting in place as a country to protect the local industry?\u201d<\/p>\n Cement producers in the country particularly Diamond Cement, which has its factory in Aflao, has\u00a0expressed concern about the influx of imported Dagonte cement into the country.<\/p>\n Angry \u00a0youth in Aflao recently demonstrated against the government’s seeming silence warning the trend could threaten their jobs and livelihood since they could be laid off due to unfair competition to their local employer.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The\u00a0 Association of\u00a0 Cement\u00a0 Manufacturers in Ghana is calling for an urgent \u00a0intervention\u00a0 from government to\u00a0 save the industry\u00a0 from collapse. The manufacturers lament the influx of imported bagged cement coupled with a reduction in freight value of the product is detrimental to their business. [contextly_sidebar id=”w6BBpkGzoMA1oscqSNtzEGxb1OUgOKSC”]In their bid to get their concerns\u00a0addressed, they have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":29655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38,4],"yoast_head":"\n