Hon.
Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of
Public-Private Partnerships, has assured Small and Medium-scale entreprises
(SMEs) of government’s support to create a lucrative environment for them.
The
Minister indicated that his outfit will ensure the creation of a business
enabling environment for private entities in the nation in order to enhance the
progress of the private sector.
According
to him, several interventions are being made to ease the private sector of the
challenges it faces and provide support for the businesses in the sector to get
a lead in the economic development of the country.
Speaking
on Radio Gold, Hon. Rashid Pelpuo underscored his objectives as Minister of
State at the Presidency in charge of Public Private Partnerships, saying his
aim is to improve the ““ease of doing business in Ghana. It’s so critical that when
business, people find it easy to operate in Ghana, then investments increase
and if investments increase, employment will be increased. If employment
increases, people are going to be better off and it will improve the overall
livelihood of the people.”
He
also hoped to “get the private sector lead in the economic development of this
country. And so, in the next round of Ghana’s
development effort, we want to make sure we get the private sector [take the
private sector along], get them, strengthen them and ensure that in the provision
of the services to the people; they play a bigger role in Ghana’s
economy.”
He
added that the SMEs will be assisted in order to mitigate their “cost of
finding innovative ways of getting them to secure funding and be able to
operate well.”
He
also said he will ensure that the public sector is restructured to respond to
the needs of the private sector of the economy.
Source:
Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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