{"id":204682,"date":"2014-07-18T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/ghana-is-a-vibrant-country-with-huge-potential-uk-high-commissioner\/"},"modified":"2014-07-18T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T14:06:00","slug":"ghana-is-a-vibrant-country-with-huge-potential-uk-high-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2014\/07\/18\/ghana-is-a-vibrant-country-with-huge-potential-uk-high-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana is a vibrant country with huge potential – UK High Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The new United Kingdom High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr. Jon Benjamin, has described Ghana as a vibrant country with a huge potential.<\/p>\n

Many Ghanaians believe Ghana is on a downward spiral with many of its economic indicators giving managers of the economy a huge cause for concern.<\/p>\n

Government has admitted things are tough but flatly rejects any notions that the country is in crisis.<\/p>\n

It says home-grown solutions to the economic challenges, being implemented by government are yielding the desired solutions, albeit slowly.<\/p>\n

Mr.\u00a0Jon Benjamin believes Ghana which he says has ‘a network of relationship with the UK which is second to none,’ is a country of great potential.<\/p>\n

He wants to take Ghana-UK relations to new heights and enhance the economic development cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n

‘As Ghana moves on and up with its middle income status and hopefully consolidates that, we are looking for much bigger trade between the two countries,’ he said.<\/p>\n

Trade in goods and services between Ghana and UK, according to him, has reached a billion Pounds a year ‘which is very impressive and there is a lot more potential.’<\/p>\n

The High Commissioner said he is working with his Ghanaian counterpart in London, Victor Smith, to try and encourage Ghanaians living in the UK to invest in Ghana.<\/p>\n

He praised Ghana for its ‘fantastic record in UN peacekeeping,’ and assured the UK will continue to provide support in the area of training at the Kofi Annan Peace-Keeping Training Centre (KAPTC) at Teshie in Accra.<\/p>\n

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