Vice president Dr. Bawumia, over the weekend, attended an event organized by the Young Executive Forum(YEF) and NPP-UK in London.
Addressing all present, the Vice President noted that, the Akufo-Addo led government appreciate the significant contribution of the diaspora community in nation-building. Government will continue to engage them for greater synergies in knowledge sharing and transfer, transfer of technical know-how, investment opportunities and several others.
He further indicated that,government has taken a decision to use it’s procurement power to support local businesses and industries.
”For instance, now that we have local fertilizer blending factories and toilet paper producing factories that produce enough to meet domestic demands, there is no need for COCOBOD and government institutions to import fertiliser or toilet papers”.
Dr. Bawumia announced that, going forward,Ghana Police uniforms will no longer be sewn abroad.
source:nsemgh.com