{"id":6427,"date":"2014-03-15T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2014-03-15T17:18:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T17:18:01","slug":"its-unnecessary-for-investors-to-see-the-president-former-gipc-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/its-unnecessary-for-investors-to-see-the-president-former-gipc-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s unnecessary for investors to see the President \u2013 Former GIPC boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6428\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/abeasi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6428\" alt=\"Kwesi Abeasi\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/abeasi.jpg\" width=\"178\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwesi Abeasi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is questioning why investors are allowed to go and see the President or a sector Minister when the GIPC is highly capable to handle all negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>There have been several occasions where investors who come into the country request to hold talks with the President directly.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns have been raised in this light and critics have described as totally unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kwesi Abeasi\u00a0told<strong> Citi News<\/strong>, the GIPC can equally be equipped to make it a one-stop shop where investors will not have to see the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a matter of how quickly you can react to an investor because investors don\u2019t have time to spare or waste going to see a Minister. Most investors come here and you take them to the President. Why?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that it is needless for investors to see the President because an agency such as the GIPC \u201cis there and that is where everything happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"a64e07ff-1b99-40ec-a2ae-8cc3e6f58c9e\">Abeasi<\/span>\u00a0recalled that during his tenure as GIPC CEO, he ensured that the Centre became a one-stop shop for <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"e5959b32-249f-43e5-963b-d71d433c710f\">investors but<\/span> \u201cwhen I left, it was dismantled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is questioning why investors are allowed to go and see the President or a sector Minister when the GIPC is highly capable to handle all negotiations. 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