Trade Min. designate promises to boost SMEs to compete globally

for the collective cabinet decision, saying “I have seen that it is on the list that government has clear decision to be made on.”

Mr Hammond also indicated that the country needs to harness the full potential of ECOWAS and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area(AfCFTA) by establishing areas of trade, competition, granting tax incentives to boost regional trade.

He pledged to seek funds to industrialise the raw materials in

Ghana.

"Industrialisation is the way to go. All countries who have made it, industrialised and we must do same. If we had industrialised long ago we would not be in this current situation we found ourselves now, so we must industrialise," he stated.

He also promised to curb the menace where Nigerians and Chinese have taken over the retail markets in the country.

By Eugene Davies