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Chamber of Commerce sceptical about Business Development Ministry

The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber, Mark Badu- Aboagye said they fear the Ministry of trade and industry and the new Business Development Ministry will be playing duplicating roles.

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“My fear is that I don’t want to see a situation where there will be a duplication of duty and a conflict between the ministry of trade and that of the new ministry that had been created.”

“If you go to other countries, they have the equivalent of the ministry of trade and industry and the ministry of this business development, so it is doable but it is about how we go about it, in order not to duplicate duties,” he added.

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However, the Chamber in an interview with Accra-based Starr FM expressed optimism that the new ministry would bring greater attention to the business community and also help for their issues to receive government’s attention.

“If you look at the ministry of trade over the years I think attention has been so much on trade with little attention on developing indigenous businesses."

“This new ministry I think will concentrate on developing Ghanaian businesses making sure that the difficulties indigenous businesses are going through will be a thing of the past and also empower businesses to expand; to employ more, to reduce unemployment and also create wealth for Ghana and move the economy forward.”

President Nana Akufo-Addo nominated the Chief Executive of Marble Communications Group Limited, Ibrahim Awal Mohammed as Minister of Business Development.

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The ministry, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo, would firm government’s agenda of shaping the private sector.

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