{"id":398797,"date":"2018-02-06T05:35:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T05:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=398797"},"modified":"2018-02-05T21:50:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:50:22","slug":"ghana-beyond-aid-achieved-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/ghana-beyond-aid-achieved-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Beyond Aid achieved yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the key priorities of the NPP administration is to move \u2018Ghana Beyond Aid\u2019.<\/p>\n
The government has been tough on working to reduce the over-dependency on donor support for development.<\/p>\n
In the build up to President Akufo Addo\u2019s State of the Nation Address on Thursday, February 8, 2018,\u00a0Citi Business News<\/strong>\u00a0takes a look at how far government has come in reaching this goal.<\/p>\n Indications however suggest that more needs to be done to attain this feat.<\/p>\n Prez Akufo Addo leads agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n President Akufo Addo, has been leading the charge of building a \u2018Ghana Beyond Aid\u2019 is convinced that the abundant mineral resources shouldn\u2019t permit Ghana to seek support from donors to implement key policies.<\/p>\n Speaking in an address with the French President Emmanuel Macron in Ivory Coast as well as delivering a speech as part of the Royal African Society\u2019s leadership series in London, the President stressed the need to add value to traditional exports.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not right; we need to change the statistics. If we simply ground and sold the cocoa in paste form, instead of selling the cocoa beans, we double our earnings. In much the same way we will double our earnings from gold if sold it refined than in the raw state. We are determined to process these products.<\/p>\n These thoughts have been reiterated across several platforms by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.<\/p>\n Gov\u2019t works to grow Ghana Beyond Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n The recently one constituted the theme for the third Aliu Mahama Memorial Lectures presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.<\/p>\n For Mr. Ofori Atta, working to improve critical sectors like the financial, oil and gas, rail and road infrastructure, among others should propel the plans to attain a Ghana beyond aid.<\/p>\n