By Isaac Arkoh
Cape Coast, Feb. 12, GNA – Mr Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah, the Central Regional Minister, has implored investors to take advantage of the numerous investment opportunities in the region to invest and create jobs for accelerated development.
He said visiting and exploring investible areas such as tourism, agribusiness and industrialisation would be a win-win move for mutual gain.
Additionally, the region’s strategic location between Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi could foster business growth and sustainability.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency after a staff durbar at the Regional Coordinating Council on Wednesday, the Minister said: “my doors are always open to all.
“I’m determined to bring sustainable development to the people I serve. I’m calling on local and foreign investors to reach out to the Council for support in any sector.”
Mr Eduamoah said his developmental agenda for the region was to empower businesses, promote agriculture, agribusiness, health, education, industrialisation and roads.
He said the youth of Ghana were the country’s greatest asset and therefore, he would lead to build an economy that offered them opportunities to thrive, not just survive.
“We will invest in education, entrepreneurship, and technology to harness their potentials to drive a brighter future for them,” he said.
Mr Eduamoah also stated that with the requisite institutions in place, electrical issues, roads, and the current water shortage in the area, would be solved.
“I’m aware of the water shortage and other challenges in the region, and I need your support to remedy the situation. Governance is a shared responsibility,” he added.
The Minister said he was of the conviction that the region’s vast arable lands, significant tourism potential, its status as the cradle of education and industrious human resources, provided a strong foundation for economic transformation but not poverty.
“I don’t know where the narrative of our region being poor emanated from and who did the research because it can’t be true based on our endowment. Our region is not poor because we have major education institutions here and it is the tourism hub of Ghana so we can’t be poor,” he indicated.
Earlier during a staff durbar, he urged all staff to exhibit high level of discipline and efficiency in the discharge of their duties.
He was concerned that negative work attitude by Ghanaians was affecting socio-economic development of the country.
The staff should, consequently, eschew negative work attitudes such as lateness, lack of teamwork and procrastination that negatively impacted productivity.
Particularly, he called on all the staff to show commitment to punctuality, stressing that time consciousness was one of the cardinal attitudes that needed to be encouraged in Ghana to drive national progress and growth.
Mr Bless Darkey, Acting Regional Coordinating Director, on behalf of all staff pledged to work diligently for accelerated development across the region.
GNA