{"id":237433,"date":"2024-10-23T08:03:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/ill-lock-down-ghanas-economy-for-one-year-if-im-elected\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:03:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:03:08","slug":"ill-lock-down-ghanas-economy-for-one-year-if-im-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/23\/ill-lock-down-ghanas-economy-for-one-year-if-im-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll lock down Ghana&#8217;s economy for one year if I&#8217;m elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hassan Ayariga, the Presidential Candidate of the All People\u2019s Congress (APC), has raised concerns over Ghana\u2019s heavy dependence on imported goods and outlined bold plans to curb this practice if elected president in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV\u2019s <em>Face to Face<\/em>, Ayariga proposed drastic measures, including the potential seizure of imported food products and other goods, to encourage local production and consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Ayariga\u2019s vision centres on initiating an economic \u201clockdown\u201d within his first 100 days in office, focusing on boosting domestic manufacturing and reducing reliance on imports.<\/p>\n<p>This, he argued, would foster economic independence, stabilize the cedi, increase productivity, and create employment opportunities for Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>To implement this strategy, Ayariga plans to establish a 24\/7 manufacturing hub, ensuring that Ghana becomes self-sufficient, produces its own goods, and lessens its dependence on external markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana will stop the import\u2026 When you turn that country into a production-manufacturing nation, what it means is that we\u2019re going to have an economic lockdown. I\u2019m going to lock down this economy for one year. Nobody is importing anything anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, from the first day I become President, the next year, Ghana is going to experience what is called economic lockdown. What is an economic lockdown? We import to consume, we import to wear, and we import to survive. We\u2019re going to lock down this economy and not importation. 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