Ghana’s economic struggle for years is a result of the country missing a basic logic that can transform the economy into a sufficient one, the Director General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr Kodjo Esseim Mensah-Abrampa has said.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Western Regional Development Forum dubbed, “Driving Inclusive and Equitable Development in the Western Region“, Dr Mensah Abrampa mentioned production and development systems as the missing logic.
He said both the primary and tertiary sectors of Ghana’s economy keep growing, but the secondary sector is lagging.
According to him, the secondary sector is key to transforming Ghana’s economy into a more industrialized and job-creating one.
Dr. Mensah Abrampa said the Western Region needs to take up this challenge since it produces a chunk of the country’s raw materials. He, therefore, called for value addition to the raw materials before exporting.
” We have a lot of raw materials. To what extent can we look at how we can add value to these raw materials before they leave the region?
It is very important to enhance these raw materials and attract investors.”
Digitalisation, he said, is the key to ensuring this transformation, to make the country competitive and he believes the recent digitalisation agenda by the government is in line to put the country on a global level.
Dr. Mensah Abrampa was hopeful that the training and education imbibed in students of the Takoradi Technical University, TTU would propel the development of the region as industry players sought for their expertise.
