Minister for Trade, Industry and Agric Business Assumes Office.
The Minister for Trade, Industry and Agric Business, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare has met
with the Management of the Ministry after her assumption on duty on Monday, January
24th, 2024.
The meeting among other things was for the minister to interact with the management of
the ministry to afford her greater insights into the challenges, opportunities, and
potentials in the sector.
In his welcome address, the Chief Director, Mr. Patrick Yaw Nimo, took the Minister
through the Ministry’s organogram, the various institutions under the Ministry, the
Fixed Assets of the Ministry, the policies under implementation under the various units
and the missions abroad.
The Chief Director informed the Minister of the mandate of the Ministry saying, the
Ministry is the lead policy advisor to government on trade, industrial and private
sector development with the responsibility of formulating and implementing of policies
for the promotion, growth and development of domestic and international trade and
industry.
He said, the Ministry is also the advocate for the private sector within the government
and is the principal agency responsible for monitoring and implementing the Government’s
private sector development programs and activities on communication.
He added that the Ministry also ensures that Ghana derives maximum benefit from
international trade relations and that domestic trade is conducted in a smooth and
orderly manner.
Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the Ministry to strengthen trade relations with
all friendly countries on a most favored nation basis consistent with Ghana’s membership
of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Special attention continues to be focused on the
diversification of markets and the commodity export base by promoting the development of
non-traditional exports industries with the view to developing an export-led economy.
The Chief Director assured the Minister of maximum support from all staff to work harder
in achieving the desired results.
In her response, the Hon. Minister expressed her appreciation to the Chief Director and
Management for the detailed information provided to her concerning the ministry, adding
that, the policies and programs of the ministry must work to benefit Ghanaians at
large.
According to the Minister, one of her topmost priorities as a minister was to reduce
imports to the barest minimum and increase exports. She intends to achieve this by
engaging with various stakeholders to implement policies that would maximize growth in
the industry.
She added that, there would be an engagement with the Ministry of Agriculture in terms
of the Agric Business to be able to tap into the opportunities in the Agric industry to
achieve the desired result.
She promised to work with the vision and mission of the ministry and urged management
for maximum support towards significant growth in the industry.
