Let's move from 'raw material' economy'- Prez Akufo Addo
President Nana Akuffo Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that there can be no future prosperity for the countries of West Africa and its peoples, in the short, medium or long term, if they continue to maintain economic structures that are dependent on the production and export of raw materials.
According to him “we must add value to these resources, we must industrialise and we must enhance agricultural productivity”, if West Africa is to ensure the progress and prosperity of its peoples.
Nana Akufo-Addo made this known when he delivered his remarks at a state dinner held in his honour by the President of Guinea, Prof Alpha Conde, on day two of his three-day tour of Guinea.
The reason for his visit to Guinea, Nana Akufo-Addo told President Conde, is to build on the existing relations between the two countries as well explore, further, other areas of co-operation for the mutual benefit of the two peoples, and was, thus, excited that the two countries, in May 2013, had reactivated the Permanent Joint Commission on Co-operation (PJCC).
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