The government will limit availability of forex to cover imports of certain goods into the country in the coming days, the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said.
The move is in line with an initiative by the government to limit imports of goods that can be produced locally.
Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Tuesday (1 November 2022), Opong Nkrumah said: “We want to limit the importation of a number of things – rice, poultry, fruit juices, vegetable oil – because we produce all of them here in Ghana.
“… We want to gradually fade these things out by reducing the availability of forex for those imports while supporting local production and in about six months, we can do a full review and if it becomes necessary to do an outright ban having improved local production then you can get into that area.”
Listen to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in the audio clip attached below:
Watch the minister’s full interview on the Asaase Breakfast Show in the clip below:
Fred Dzakpata
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