{"id":8719,"date":"2014-03-26T09:53:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T09:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=8719"},"modified":"2014-03-26T09:53:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T09:53:24","slug":"lets-grow-and-support-local-entrepreneurs-okyehene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/lets-grow-and-support-local-entrepreneurs-okyehene\/","title":{"rendered":"Lets grow and support local entrepreneurs &#8211; Okyehene"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8749\" style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pic1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8749\" alt=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pic1.png\" width=\"757\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pic1.png 757w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pic1-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Mahama meeting with the Eastern regional House of Chiefs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Okyehene and President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called on President Mahama and the government to support local entrepreneurs as a way of giving\u00a0 meaning to its call on Ghanaians to patronize made in Ghana goods.<\/p>\n<p>The Okyehene made the call when the President called on the Regional House of Chiefs as part of his visit to the Region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Okyehene there is the need for government to implement prudent policies which will ensure Ghanaians control the domestic economy. He bemoaned the failure of Ghanaians to control its domestic economy, a situation he described as worrying and must be prevented.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019The point I am making is that we need to support\u00a0 the young entrepreneurs in Ghana; young people who are creative and innovative like any young child or man in the world, we need to have credit access for them to establish start up business,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him Ghana can only be worthy only if the indigenes are given the chance to be worthy. \u2018\u2019\u2026 We preach that we want Ghana to worthy, Ghan will not be worthy unless the people who live in Ghana are given the chance,\u2019\u2019 he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Okyenhene also added that\u2018\u2019\u2026 We have built a foreign direct investment economy that is strong, that has given us a good name, but in the end if we don\u2019t take care of \u00a0our domestic economy and ensure that our young people are in charge we will forever be sad.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On his part, President John Mahama promised government support for local entrepreneurs by putting in place deliberate measures to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019We can only grow an economy that makes this nation worthy if we empower our own people to be able to capture the commanding heights of the economy; so for those young people who are entrepreneurial, who have the advantage to be able to grow in any private sector activity, it is the government\u2019s wish to work with them to ensure that we able to grow our own entrepreneurs who are able to make money and able to re-invest in our own country,\u2019\u2019 he pledged.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By : Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okyehene and President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called on President Mahama and the government to support local entrepreneurs as a way of giving\u00a0 meaning to its call on Ghanaians to patronize made in Ghana goods. 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