Ayariga receives US trade delegation

Page 32: Daily Graphic, March 27, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Mahama Ayariga has pledged the government’s commitment to create a conducive business environment to help reduce the cost of doing business in the country.
He said the government acknowledged the challenges of non-availability of capital and technological skills as handicaps which greatly affected the private sector and investment generally.
Speaking during a courtesy call on him by a Louisiana State trade delegation, Mr Ayariga said the government would initiate policies that would reduce the cost of doing business in the country.
He said there already existed incentives in investing in the Free Zones and the deprived areas, particularly in the northern part of the country.
He said the US government continued to support Ghana through a number of initiatives and noted in particular training support being provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The Commercial Counsellor of the US Embassy in Accra, Ms Heather Byrnes, who led the team to the ministry, described the response and support of the government and companies to the delegation as tremendous.