Great Kosa needs money to go into mass production

Page 24: January 7, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia

THE General Secretary of the Kristo Asafo Mission, Mr Festus Owusu Badu, says lack of finances is impeding the large scale production of inventions of Great Kosa Ltd, a subsidiary of the Mission.
He said the church currently depended on its own finances to come out with the various products put on display.
He said the products were to showcase the capability of the Ghanaian and show that with requisite funding, Ghana would move to a world of its own.
Mr Badu was speaking at a forum of participants of the 59th Annual New Year School in Accra yesterday.
The school, which is being organised by the Institute of Adult Education (IAE) of the University of Ghana, is on the theme “Tertiary Education and National Development”.
Mr Badu said the company was currently holding discussions with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning for financial support to expand its production base.
At the same time, he said, the company was negotiating with some Chinese companies to assist in establishing assembly plants for the mass production of its inventions.
He said the leader of the mission, Apostle Kwadwo Safo, was making every effort to assist in the use of technology to help in Ghana’s development efforts.
He said the over-reliance on foreign products was not good for the country.
Mr Badu said development in the modern world depended on technology without which no country could progress.
He explained that the dependence on foreign products meant that the country was helping the foreign countries to develop their technologies.
“We must develop our own technology to develop our economy by creating employment for our people and, thereby reduce poverty in the country,” he added.
Mr Badu said the mission had also documented all its production processes, including filming, and was in the process of securing the intellectual property rights to those products.
The acting Director of the IAE, Dr D. Oduro-Mensah, said the decision to invite the mission for an interaction with the participants was in line with the theme of the school.
He said the choice of Apostle Safo was also because he had started something on his own so that the participants could learn something from him.
In that way, he said, the participants could also see how to link tertiary education with such practical experiences to help push the Ghana’s quest to become a middle-income country.