A lawyer and businessman, Takyi Micah has charged Ghanaians to put their skills to productive, income earning activities.
Mr Micah said ventures such as grass-cutter rearing, painting and catering, which are looked down upon in the country are very viable vocations and encouraged people to start such ventures which could even fetch an individual more money than one’s regular salary.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, Mr Micah said even the rich are never satisfied with their salary because of more demands they have to meet.
He said it was in this light that Ghanaians should start taking their natural talents more seriously and invest in them in order to increase their revenue streams.
“If you have these skills, people need these skills and are prepared to pay for it,” he said.
Throwing more light on the issue, Mr Micah said there are two forms of investments, namely, skills-based income generation and investment-based income generation.
He described skills-based income generation as the type that involves employing one’s skills into a commercial venture while (and persons lacking any skill could acquire them) while investment based income generation involves raising capital from either savings or friends to pursue the interest.
Laying heavy emphasis on livestock production such as grass-cutter rearing, he said the venture was very viable and that one kilogram of grass-cutter meat was almost twice the price of the equivalent weight of beef or mutton, adding that a kilogram of grass-cutter meat could fetch up to GH¢8.
“Grass-cutter meat per kilo costs almost double per kilo of beef or goat meat.
“You can sell a very large grass-cutter for between 50 and 80 Ghana cedis,” he indicated.
Mr Micah said he knew of people who had white-collar jobs and making a lot of money through their skills.
“In the place where I live, there is a lady I understand works in one of the banks in Ghana. On every Saturday, you’ll find a fleet of cars parked in front of her house and when you ask what they are doing, they will tell you ‘we are going to buy kenkey’,” he said.
“By six o’clock, if you are not in the queue, by ten, you will not get the kenkey…” he said.