The one district-one factory promise of the Akufo-Addo government might not be realised, US Ambassador to Ghana Robert P Jackson has said.
“President Akufo-Addo’s vision of one district-one factory may not be realised in his first term or even his second, if there is one, but the idea is exactly what is needed to get beyond aid – that you have to industrialise, that you build your industrial base, that you create jobs so that people do not want to trek across the desert and be potentially enslaved in Libya or even if they make it to Libya, drown in the Mediterranean”, Mr Jackson said on 21 Minutes.
As far as President Akufo-Addo’s Ghana Beyond Aid aim is concerned, Mr Jackson said: “We need to make Ghana attractive for young people to stay here and see that they can be entrepreneurs, that they can have a real bright future here”.
Meanwhile, Mr Jackson says President Akufo-Addo is more visionary than some of Ghana’s recent leaders.
“I do think that he is more visionary than some recent Ghanaian leaders”.
Asked if that meant that Mr Akufo-Addo’s immediate predecessor John Mahama was not visionary, Mr Jackson said: “I think ex-president Mahama had a vision, too, so, I want to give him credit where credit is due, his emphasis was on infrastructure, which is very important – schools, clinics, hospitals, roads, President Mahama did a lot for this country.
He continued: “President Akufo-Addo’s focus on the private sector and making the private sector the engine of growth rather than government being the driving force is how I see the difference between the two of them. Both of them had visions for the country, I think President Akufo-Addo’s vision of private sector-led growth is likely to create more jobs and propel the economy forward faster than the infrastructure investments but the infrastructure investments were important”.
Source: classfmonline.com
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THE LEADERS DO NOT MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR THE YOUTH TO STAY IN THEIR COUNTRY BECAUSE THE LEADERS GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR HEALTH AND OTHER PETTY REASONS TO SEEK SOLUTIONS. THE HOSPITALS THEY BUILD FOR THE COUNTRY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM WHEN THEY GET SICK. THEY FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION ABROAD. 90 PERCENT OF THE RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY IS BEING CONTROLLED BY FOREIGN INVESTORS. CITIZENS ARE NOT DIGGING THEIR OWN GOLD. THEY CANNOT PICK THEIR OWN DIAMONDS FROM THE GROUND ON WHICH THEY STAND. THEY CANNOT GROW CERTAIN PLANTS THAT WOULD BRING THEM MONEY. NEO-COLONIALISM.
What's your problem? What is wrong for reminding Ghanaians of the truth they already know
Mr Ambassador you talk too much. Ghanaians knew long ago that, 1D 1F is not achievable in the 8 maximum years which the president could possibly lead Ghana. He lie to us just to get to power so we are cool with that.