{"id":445340,"date":"2017-12-09T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/encourage-private-sector-to-help-solve-poverty-problems-kufuor\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T14:00:38","slug":"encourage-private-sector-to-help-solve-poverty-problems-kufuor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/encourage-private-sector-to-help-solve-poverty-problems-kufuor\/","title":{"rendered":"Encourage private sector to help solve poverty problems \u2013 Kufuor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday,  9 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/39804743.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kufour Jospong5\" title=\"Kufour Jospong5\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President Kufuor in white<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512828038_912_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has emphasized that government ought to support the private sector since their success or otherwise will reflect on the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at this year\u2019s Jospong Group of Companies\u2019 Thanksgiving Service, Friday, Mr. Kufuor noted that no government could develop a country without the private sector, the reason it should create the enabling environment for businesses to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know anywhere on earth where poverty has been used to cure poverty. You need to create the wealth to be able to help the not-so-privileged. You need to be able to have the wealth to fix the safety net. For equality of opportunity, give education to people, do as Jospong is doing \u2013 cleaning all the firth that sometimes piles to the levels of skyscrapers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Jospong came with this whole initiative, engaging so many young people to clean our neighborhood, we were startled and said this is what should be happening. It was an integral part of the vision and policy of my government. That the government should partner the private sector to do all the jobs society needs to be done for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8deNC3bXSj4\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kufuor further counseled that profits made by private businesses should not be government\u2019s concern once it is achieved legitimately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough it is not the right thing for companies to make unreasonable profits, we should not raise issues when some are doing so well because they end up paying taxes\u2026 The private person with his initiatives we should not envy him. We should encourage him to do more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former President was sure his party will expand the enabling atmosphere for the concept of Public Private Partnership (PPP) to be realized to achieve the social and economic transformation for the country just as it did some years ago when he was at the helm of affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The event held at the forecourt of the Zoomlion Ghana Headquarters at Adenta in Accra, had representatives of other companies, including state officials. 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