Ghana no longer attractive to foreign investors – Adongo

According to Mr Adongo Ghana has dropped in the latest ranking of investment destinations in Africa as released by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) of South Africa.
Comparing the rankings to what was achieved during the tenure of former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr Adongo faulted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for retarding growth in the economic environment.
Speaking at a public lecture on Ghana’ economy in Accra on Thursday, 4 April 2019, Mr Adongo said: “During the tireless efforts of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama the least we ever got was a fourth and by 2018 it came to fifth. Your Excellency, at some point in time we were third on the list for destination of investing in Africa and due to your tireless effort to improve the economic environment by leveraging our resources to improve our infrastructure and improve competitiveness, Ghana was seen as a safe haven for investment. Today, as we speak, we have declined from the fifth to the ninth, we are at risk of falling out of the top 10 investment destinations in Africa.”
He further criticised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for singing “this kind of disgrace” instead of focusing on policies to reverse the trend.
Mr Adongo said RMB indicated that “efficient infrastructure is the backbone for leveraging investment and for creating sustainable opportunities for the people”, a policy which former President Mahama pursued but “was laughed at”.
For him, Mr Mahama has been vindicated by the findings of RMB.
Mr Adongo said RMB was of the view that while Ghana’s competing neighbours such as Cote d’Ivoire are improving in terms of economic and business environment “we have stagnated and declined”.
Source: Ghana/ClassFMonline.com/91.3FM
Source: David Apinga
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