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Amid the ongoing debate over government attempts to regulate cement prices, Minister for Trade and Industry KT Hammond demanded that representatives of the Cement Manufacturers Association leave a meeting.<\/p>\n
A video from the meeting, called by the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industries, shows the minister insisting that the cement manufacturers depart before the meeting began.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was invited by the Chamber of Manufacturing, not the Association of Cement Manufacturers. Can they leave?\u201d the minister requested.<\/p>\n
He explained that he had already met with the manufacturers and that the purpose of this meeting was specifically to engage with the Chamber of Construction.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s either I leave or they leave,\u201d the minister firmly stated, despite efforts from representatives of both associations to justify the manufacturers\u2019 presence.<\/p>\n
Following the minister\u2019s persistence, Chairman of the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industries, Emmanuel Tettey Martey, asked the cement manufacturers to exit the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cRespectfully, our manufacturers, our minister has stated clearly that he has already met you and you have articulated your issues to him and to us. He thought that he was meeting only the chamber. So that is where we stand. We don\u2019t want a situation where the minister will leave, then we wouldn\u2019t have achieved the purpose for which the meeting was called,\u201d he pleaded.<\/p>\n
An attempt by Vice Chairman of the Ghana Chamber of Construction, Nana Opare Kwafo, who also serves as the Kyidomhene of Aburi, to intervene was strongly opposed by the minister.<\/p>\n
On July 1, 2024, representatives of the Cement Manufacturers boycotted a meeting with the trade minister.<\/p>\n
They decided to boycott the meeting after the minister insisted on having the meeting in the presence of the media, despite their request for a private session.<\/p>\n
\nThis is what arrogance of power looks like. Ghana paa nie \ud83e\udd23 pic.twitter.com\/s3cw2HsFRT<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Abdul Hameed (@sayhameed) July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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