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The Executive Di\u00adrector of Interna\u00adtional Development Economics Asso\u00adciates (IDEAs), a non-governmental organisation, Charles Abugre, has called for a paradigm shift in the management and extraction of the country\u2019s natural resources.<\/p>\n
He said Ghana should shift from exporting its natural resources in their raw form and focus on val\u00adue-addition to attract more revenue for the country.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the public lecture in Accra on Wednesday he said the government must address the issue of dependency on foreign nations for its sustenance if it really desired to assert the country\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n
The lecture organised by Third World Network-Africa, a non-gov\u00adernmental organisation, to mark its 30th anniversary dubbed \u2018Thirty Years of Advocacy\u2019 was chaired by former Secretary General of the Ghana TUC and ITUC-Africa, Mr Kwasi Adu-Amankwah.<\/p>\n
Mr Abugre who was a discussant said rather than being reactive, there was still room to become proactive in the way in which the country managed its commodities.<\/p>\n
The Executive Director of IDEAs said all was not lost and the country had the opportunity to make a lot from its lithium re\u00adsources through the development of agreements that will benefit the country.<\/p>\n
He stressed the need for the country to rely on its abundant land resources to enhance food production to assert its sover\u00adeignty.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if you look at the import bill, we now exceed over a billion dollars in the importation of food to feed ourselves in this country. That is not only a sovereignty and security question, it is really an economic suicide to have land resources, poison them, refuse to invest in feeding ourselves and depend increasingly on the import market,\u201d Mr Abugre, stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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