{"id":1248273,"date":"2022-11-10T16:05:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T16:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/10\/17-times-too-many-what-should-we-stop-doing-and-start-doing-as-a-people-playback\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T16:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T16:05:36","slug":"17-times-too-many-what-should-we-stop-doing-and-start-doing-as-a-people-playback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/10\/17-times-too-many-what-should-we-stop-doing-and-start-doing-as-a-people-playback\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Times too many! What should we stop doing and start doing as a people? [PLAYBACK]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gbbreakfast2.jpg\" alt=\"17 Times too many! What should we stop doing and start doing as a people? [PLAYBACK]\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n17 Times too many! What should we stop doing and start doing as a people? [PLAYBACK] <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>The Managing Director (MD) of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Ato Afful, has identified agriculture and its value chain as a lever to stimulate the rest of the economy.<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAgriculture broadly, and agri-processing specifically, can act as a lever to assist in stimulating the rest of the economy because it creates demand for fixed goods, public goods, road networks, infrastructure, such as storage facilities, processing plants, harbours, among other things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Afful said this at the Graphic Business\/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The event, the fourth and final for the year, was held on the theme: \u201c17 Times too many! What should we stop doing and start doing as a people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throwing more light on his call, Mr Afful said: \u201cAgriculture can act as a catalyst to stimulate investment in these sectors, which will trigger other sectors in the various communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attached below is video of the event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdailygraphicghana%2Fvideos%2F862046388159711%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gbbreakfast1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1519\" height=\"1013\"\/><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-lcVxLLqgCg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghana\u2019s democracy is too expensive \u2013 Prof Bokpin\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lcVxLLqgCg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"inread\" align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mdundo.com\/widget_song\/2107957\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"125\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/uT5R4nnA_o.png\" alt=\"Get New DJ Mixes\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kpwa2_BlLNw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Going to IMF is like a football league, 17 times too many \u2013 Prof Bokpin\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kpwa2_BlLNw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"2MrUbLBVzvY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What we need to do to stop visiting IMF \u2013 Dr Priscilla Twumasi Baffour\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MrUbLBVzvY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"398b80b585a69831d90ebe32-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"398b80b585a69831d90ebe32-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 Times too many! 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