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TheSaxophonist:
Source:
http://www.gpggnigeria.org/border-closure-are-we-truly-self-sufficient-in-food-production/

Simple but ultimate truth . Nigeria is not sufficient in food production. the rising population growth is a serious stopping block for any goverment intervention. no matter what buhari will do in regards of food production. Nigeria will not be sufficient becuse the pace at which the population grow far at overweight any intervention program . the ultimate goal is to reduce the population growth for a given perioud of years in which the country can produce enough to feed itself.

this is not the first attempt to arrest this situation, when operation feed the nation was first introduced ( the aim was to reduce Nigeria importation and increase Nigeria local food production ) but unfortunately, the pace at which the population grew frustrated the policy and Nigeria rose again to become one of the leading food import.

Nigeria need to work on her demographic to enable her gain the reward ( population control is the key).

I do not support the closure of the border. it is very stupid policy in 21 century when Nigeria can used her bigger economy to turn benin and Niger to next 37 and 38 state indirectly by using them as a transit hub for its local product. ( today, no single nation grow all the food she consumed not even America or China).

open the border and implement tougher policy for the importers. empower the custom service with logistics and technology to monitor effective border patrolling .... .


pirated and substandard phones (China phones as it is called) is even more dangerous than foreign rice importation. why is buhari goverment silent about it.

Ghana today.......

Fallenhunter:
What I said is the truth. China is the one exception to that rule because of their remarkable economic initiatives. Look at any of the other countries around the world.

You are lying or you are not exposed. GDP growth is not tied down to the size of economy but opportunities in area of growth. it make more sense to say country with more area to grow will have faster growth than economy that is already saturated. India has a faster growth too not just China only and it is growing also at impressive rate. Nigeria case needs more economical solution because Nigeria still have more area to grow than already saturated country like Germany or UK which have perfected basic things like education, infrastructure, health and high reduction in poverty. so Nigeria sluggish growth can never be justified.

Fallenhunter:
Nigeria has 6 times the population of Ghana and 5 times the economy. Don't be a Pakistan. Shutting Nigeria out is a bad move when Ghana can offer agricultural exports, cocoa and other such products to Nigeria alongside tourism and a more stable environment in which to invest and do business. Being friends with Nigeria will benefit Ghana a lot more in terms of economy and growth than will being Nigeria's enemy.

Ghana is not shutting down Nigeria buisness. their relationship is way back before the independence. chrsgyei is just been nationalistic. he understand the importance of Nigeria economy to Ghanian economy. even relationship with togo can never be undermined.

no Ghanaian will allow his country to be insulted when she can also brag about other achievement. Ghana is full supporter of pan African movement starting way back from kwame inkrumah.

stagger:
All what you have said here are lies. I don't want to have to start uploading pics of some of your roads here. It will cause you immense disgrace.

Also, name one Nigerian bank that was shut down. Here, our CBN had enough liquidity to bail the failing banks out clean. Over there, your govt allowed those banks (which are Ghanaian) to fail.

And for your information, Nigerians will remain there for as long as possible. If you don't like it, bury yourself.

I was in Shoprite in the Accra Mall sometime ago and I made purchases there in thousands of cedis at a go. Next thing, I was being hounded by some of the sales girls there asking me "are you a Nigerian?" They know we have money to spend hence the hate from the hapless males. That's why a Naija guy can easily hold down a babe anywhere in Africa. Can your male folk do same if put side by side with a Naija guy?

That is the impact we pull all over Africa. Nothing anyone can do about it.

look at your rebuttal. very irrational.

Nigeria owned bank like energy bank( fully owned by Jimoh Ibrahim was fully shot down) first bank was forced to call his parent bank for back up. the recapitalization is 400 million cedis . zenith and GTB bank are the only banks who meet up the requirement at a start. Access got delay and was listed on Ghana stock exchange. making it a partially Ghanaian owned bank.

when it comes to infrastructure, you only need to check statistics. Ghana is well connected either thru roads, communication, digitization etc in west africa follow closely by cote devoire and Nigeria respectively( there is still more room for improvement).

it good you spend money to Ghana economy, the market was organised well enough for you to contribute just like how the system was very attractive for Nigeria to contribute a billion dollar to the country economy via education tourism.

Boyooosa:
How is it ahead Oga Well updated info says that they are equal which is not as important as the International Trade Impact that you have even revealed that is more. By indication, the impact on their GDP will even shoot up from initial 0.075% to 0.12%.

Well, world bank suggest otherwise(Ghana stood at 129, Nigeria stood at 136. . the international trade seems very obviously fall on the back of Nigeria. 80 million dollar is the trade volume of Ghana to Nigeria as indicated by trading economics in the GDP that is growing on 8 percent against two percent of Nigeria . when you factor in informal sector which is not accountable, then nigeria case become more worrisome . most of the trade on that corridor are conducted by Nigerians business men.

And again to correct you. you don't deduct it from the GDP but the total export volume. it is the export volume you deduct from GDP not a fraction of total export.


Even imf never says they are. equal....

Boyooosa:
Its quite unfortunate that some of our myopic and corrupt leaders run this country down to this level, that you this just 30 year old boy or girl now has the effrontery to challenge Nigeria into Trade War. As at 80s, your ancestors have two major commercials in Nigeria, Shoe Shining (we call them sow bata) and Teaching, honestly, your ancestors were good at that because we found their accents interesting back then.
Fast forward to 2019 and the Border closure issue, rest assured that the decision made outside this online war but the practical ones between the two countries will affect both countries positively or otherwise, depending.
Lest work with facts and figure:
Nigeria has a population of 200m
Ghana has 30.42m (x6)

Nigeria running on GDP of $500bn
Ghana running on GDP of $66bn (x8)

Nigeria GDP per capita $2,450
Ghana GDP per capita $1,915 ($535 deficit)

Now, International Trade Impact Analysis
Nigeria Export to Ghana $159m (Greater demand from Nigerian Products in Ghana)
Ghana Export to Ghana $50m (Requires lesser products just to help)

Economic Impact Analysis on Trade (Export against GDP)

Nigeria $159m against $500bn - 0.03%
Ghana $50m against $66bn - 0.75% (more impact on GDP and even economy at large )

The question is how can a rich dad rely on his dependent child?

Actually your info are very wrong. consult imf/ world bank for further details. the present figure indicate Ghana gdp per capital is way ahead of Nigeria and the goods supply to Nigeria is worth 80 million not 50 million dollars.

every productive Nigerians should be able to afford 120 dollar as a residential permit fee. if you can't afford that, then you are a liability to Ghana economy. Ghana is actually not for you. pls Nigerians don't take the news as rummor. the current govement there is very nationalistic. they have done it before, they can still do it now.

SilvaBullet:
One thing I'm very sure Ghana has in abondance is witchcraft and you exhibit all the symptoms of a cretin whose brain has been donated for sacrifice to your local deity.

It's surprising how you're forcing Togolese port as the busiest in West Africa and leave out your country Ghana because you know that Ghana is nowhere. Shame is missing from the molecular structure in your DNA. Togo port is not even in the maps. Your info is straight for the witchcraft coven of your local deity.


You're the greatest daft Ghana has ever exported from its shores to defend it's status on the international stage and it's just a reflection of how wretched your country is in human resources.

Now let me give you a free tutorial on economy.

Export is only a fragment of a country's gross national output. So your 17 billion dollar vs Nigeria''s 50 billion dollar export is based on myopia of a pseudo-intellectual like you. Export is just one side of how a country makes money.

Despite our population, we richer than Ghana even on GDP per capital bases.

Bloody hood rat like you. It is more than a dream come true for you engaging Nigerians on the Internet. How else can you get noticed?

Now be gone! Enough of my obliging your stupidity.

You should stupidly know i wiill not live you with your ignorance. you must learn by force even if it is a grain of knowledge.

At least changing the whole discussion to personal insult show how gullible you are right now. You lack the power of conversation but obviously not the power of speech, which means you are going to be close minded, but will you mind being closed mouthed as well?

Togo is the busiest hot bed of shipping in west africa. that is a fact you stupidly don't comprehend. online article are there for you to learn. Ghana is rising to take over soon.

Now that I have educate you on how poor you are on head count as a Nigerian citizens and how Ghana dwarf Nigeria export on per capital basis , the next lesson will be on employment rate which seems to even soil your confused analphabetic mind ...

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Nigeria’s unemployment rate was estimated to be 23 percent at September 2018, up from 18 percent one year earlier per Trading Economics. now calculate. that of Ghana which stood as at 6 percent for the same year and projected to go downward 2 percent for 2019 per the same trading economics. and let's see who is making progress to halve its poverty and who is willing to remain poor.

stupid idiot, despite Nigeria hugely unproductive population . Ghana GDP per capital is 2300 per IMF/ worldbank NIGERIA gdp per capital stood at 2035 .now tell me who is the richest? dimwit who failed basic arithmetic or simple micro economics . a disappointment to Nigeria educational system.


well your ass is already jealous of all the shit that comes off your mouth. your brain is as porous as your border. labelling a moniker witchcraft is silly attempt of a slow-poke.

ba7man:
Oya carry your gold and whatever it is you do in that your Ghana and get the fu*k outta here.

We're Nigerians, we don't care what Ghanians do, eat, think, sell, buy etc......we do we, you go do yourselves.

With all whatever you're sharing over there, low self esteem still dey worry una.

if there is anybody worried by low self esteem it will be Nigeria against is smaller neighbour country. pa awolowo of blessed memory already educate Nigeria on how to trade with her neighbour like benin and Niger. if your goverment is not lazy, the Senate can contact baba idealogy and work towards it. closing the border is not a smart move. very stupid I must say. Ghana will not retaliate, that I assure you becuse she has taking a leadership position . she is the choosen capital of Africa free trade continental area.


As wicked and harmful Colombia is to America in terms of drug smuggling, America will never close her border against Colombia. they are proactive measure to be taken. consult pa awolowo drawing book.

SilvaBullet:
You suffer beyond inferiority complex. The basic cognitive prerequisite to engage in factual debate seems beyond your intellectual circumference.

We're talking about busiest sea ports as a standard in determining the volume of economic activities through the ports and you're yapping from that putrid orifice you call a mouth about deepest sea port. Unbalanced patriotism has damaged your sense of reasoning.

The sheer length of your meaningless doodles only prove how desperate you are trying to prove yourself. But you ended up sounding like an ill-exposed anencephalic dingbat from Ghana.


Ghana's gold export in the whole of 2018 was 5.7 billion dollars and it's by far your biggest export commodity. This is what Nigeria earn on a monthly basis on crude export alone

so you prefer to open up your diahorea you called mouth to insult me right. well, get enough oxygen to power your dysfunctional brain as I am about to enlight you slowpoke.....

well, i have established how myopic and stupid you seems to sound and it seems you are yet to know. you really wanted to talk smart not untiI i expose your faulty thinking and erroneous thought to basic fact and history. Togo seaport is currently the busiest seaport in west africa , how difficult is that to Your myopic mind? the current promising sea port in west africa sub region is Tema sea port which is taking over now.... the fully digitized seaport where goods can be cleared within three days instead of a month that is common to apapa due to lack of infrastructure and polluted condition.

well You are as useless as "ueue" in a "queue" to labelled me disparate when you are the one having the duct tape over your mouth.

well, you hillbilly forget that 5.7 billion dollar worth of gold is just a fraction of what 17.1 billion dollar total export of Ghana is in just 2018....for a population of 28 million that is over 1/ 3rd of Nigeria which is 50 billion dollar of Nigeria total export of( a population over 201 million ). now stupidly educate yourself. .Given Ghana’s population of 28.1 million people, its total export is 17.1 billion dollar in 2018. which means the exports translates to roughly 600 dollar for every resident in Ghana .now do the same calculation with Nigeria. and tell me who really need more economical breakthru... 50 billion dollar among 201 million population. it is less than 280 dollar. a key indicator that placed Ghana ahead of Nigeria.

anyway thank you for your insight. i am refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view that is depended solely on ignorance and bragging . very stupid of you.

increased production raises Ghana hydrocarbon profile......


When you think of the top oil and gas nations in Africa, Ghana is not one that traditionally comes to mind, but it is one of the rising stars. In the past, Ghana has been one of the smaller oil and gas producers on the continent but that production is expected to grow rapidly over the next five years.

The organisation charged with developing the West African nations’ hydrocarbon assets is the national oil company, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). The rise in Ghana’s production is expected to come from the growth of existing offshore fields such as Twenboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) and Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP).

First oil flowed from the Tullow operated TEN fields offshore Ghana to the FPSO Professor John Evans Atta Mills in August 2016. OCTP is an integrated deepwater project in Ghana split into two stages: the development of first oil, then gas deposits operated by Eni Ghana. OCTP is around 60km from Ghana’s western coast and boasts approximately 40bn m3 of non-associated gas reserves and 500m barrels of oil.

Mohammed Amin Adam, Ghana's Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of petroleum, is confident that the country's energy sector is on the brink of something big. He says the country can expand oil production from 180,000–-200,000bl/d now to 500,000bl/d within six years, and is targeting up to 1mn bl/d beyond that. "If we want to sustain or increase production, we will have to be very aggressive in exploration," he said.

The average production for TEN field in 2017 was 56,000 b/d whilst production for the OCTP field is expected to peak this year at 45,000 b/d. In addition to the two established fields there are other developments that are moving ahead rapidly such as the Teak, Akasa and Mahogany East discoveries where test wells have indicated sizeable reserves.

Another major scheme is the Ghana 1000, a multi-phase greenfield gas-to-power project located near Takoradi in the western regions of Ghana. This will consist of approximately 1,300MW of combined cycle power generation technology once fully built and will support Ghana’s burgeoning domestic natural gas industry by purchasing natural gas from the Sankofa gas field, part of the OCTP field. A subsea pipeline will link a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to onshore facilities which will then supply the project. It’s expected that the FSRU will start up sometime in 2020.

Ghana completed its first oil and gas licencing round earlier this year with two of the five blocks on offer being awarded. First Exploration and Petroleum Development, in partnership with Elandel Energy (Ghana) emerged as winners of block WB02 while Eni Ghana and Vitol Upstream Tano claimed block WB03. Block WB03 is located in the medium-deep waters of the prolific Tano Basin, offshore Ghana. Following the success of this round, a second licensing round is being planned.

Sharing the talent

Throughout the oil and gas industry, collaboration is the name of the game and that is no different in Ghana. GNPC recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share expertise with three of its neighbours, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Liberia. “We believe that we need to share experience from other countries as a way of improving what we do,” the chief executive of the GNPC, Dr Kofi Kodua Sarpong, said. “Our organization has been there for nearly four decades and we have the expertise, we can export talent, so we are looking at all these opportunities. In fact, I can say that our brothers and sisters in other countries are knocking on our doors for advice and that is precisely what we want.”

Ensuring local benefit from oil boom

The development of these assets means that it is important that Ghana, in common with many other African nations, ensures that local workers and industry benefit from increased oil and gas activity. “There is a recognised need to develop local capacity in all aspects of the oil and gas value chain through education, skills, and expertise development, transfer of technology and know-how and promote an active research and development regime through collaborative efforts locally and internationally,” Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong, said.

In Ghana in recent years, attention has been focused on the need to have a portion of locally produced materials, personnel, financing, goods and services rendered to the oil and gas industry with measurable monetary impact. “In tandem with this goal is the pursuit of local content participation, which refers to the level of Ghanaian equity ownership in the oil and gas industry,” Sarpong added. “Ghanaian-owned businesses in the energy sector must be encouraged to increase their participation in this emerging and growing sector. This, surely, will be a more sustainable way of realigning the sector to the needs of the country in terms of employment creation and economic growth whilst reducing the impact of capital flight on the economy.”

Ghana’s oil and gas industry continues to attract key global industry players on the back of sustained investor interest, due largely to the favourable investment climate and stable democracy. “The potential of the sector to be a driver for Ghana’s desired economic growth is evident,” Sarpong concluded. “But I hold the view that true benefits of the oil and gas sector and ultimately economic growth can be obtained only when Ghanaians capture a respectable level of value from the sector. For a country pushing for self-dependency; a Ghana beyond aid, this noble call is not misplaced, and the time to act is now.”

Ghana at Africa Oil Week

Reflecting its growing importance, Ghana will be well represented at Africa Oil Week with a triumvirate of high-profile speakers in Benjamin Kwame Asante, director of petroleum at the Ministry of Energy, Egbert Isaac Faibille, petroleum commissioner at Ghana Petroleum Commission and the Hon John Peter Amewu, minister for energy.

Source: Africa Oil Week

SilvaBullet:
I was actually expecting a lengthy thesis of agonising rebuttal from you --- any Ghanaian. It's one of your chief traits. It's likened to short-man syndrome, where you feel insecure due to your miniscule economy.

You call Ghana a hub in West Africa. You sound ridiculous. Ghana does not even feature in the top 15 busiest sea ports in Africa and she ranks below ivory Coast in the sub region . As for your alomo bitters targeting elsewhere for markets, you sound thrashy and ignorant. 1 in every 5 African is a Nigerian and we have a total population bigger than the subregion. So how are you going to find an alternative market to Nigeria? You scream from a height of patriotic wishful thinking but far from reality.

If your country feels she has what it takes to retaliate in kind and come away unscathed, she would have opted for that. Talk all you want, that border isn't opening soon. We closed it because we can and we know nothing comes from Ghana that is vital to our economic lifeline

Very ignorant and ill educated rebuttal.

The most productive seaport in west africa is Togo seaport. dwarfing apapa sea port by a size margin . wherever you are educated. Ghana recently expand its seaport to be the deepest seaport in west africa hence overtaking any sea port in west africa by size and deep lenght ( it cost the nation two billon dollar and. more ) You need to wait and see the next year statistics. the port will be fully completed by 2020. the first phase is already open for buisness.

Getting alternative market is simple. my idiot friend . bigger goods are channelled thru sea and air. Ghana airport was recently adjudged as the most efficient airport in west africa . it has double its capacity by 6.5 percent just this year alone . this is a further prove that Ghana can channelled its market elsewhere. the country is engaging Columbia, China and many more for new buisness opportunity. what Ghana needs is to sell valuable market not market base on size. Nigeria market is not matured for luxurious goods . hence is not a force. south africa is the only country for that in africa. Ghana economy is hugely depended on Gold . ( Nigeria market can't buy that) .

just like I said, Ghana has taking diplomatic assignment. don't expect her to fight back. that will be childish. she is the secretariat of Africa free buisness trade..



this is the latest news incase you are outdated...


Hapag-Lloyd declares Tema(Ghana) Port as transhipment hub in West Africa


The Hapag-Lloyd, a global shipping giant, has declared Meridian Port Services Limited (MPS) Terminal 3 at Tema Port as its transhipment hub in West Africa.

A statement signed by Mr Mohamed Samara, the Chief Executive Officer of MPS, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said this was revealed at a press conference held in Cape Town, South Africa to announce the launching of the new shipping service for Africa.

The statement said the new shipping service dubbed Middle East-India-Africa Express (MIAX), announced in a press conference in Cape Town, South Africa, had its first departure in this October.

It said the first departure of the MIAX would follow port rotation as follows: “Jebel Ali - Mundra - Nhava Sheva - Colombo - La Réunion - Durban - Cape Town then direct to Tema (as first port of call in West Africa) followed by Lagos (Tincan and Apapa) then back to Cape Town - Durban - Jebel Ali.”

Mr Samara said in the statement that with this port development, Ghana’s Liner Shipping Connectivity would improve significantly.

It said the improvement would result in transport costs reduction, increased trade volume for Ghana importers and exporters through the enhanced connectivity to regional and global markets.

The statement said the MPS Terminal 3 increased Tema Port’s capacity in terms of container storage, reefer facility, handling equipment and the best of the world’s technology to aid its operations as a Transshipment Hub.

It quoted Mr Dheeraj Bhatia, the Senior Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd’s Middle East Region, as saying that: “With the new MIAX service, our customers will now benefit from an even wider range of fast and flexible direct connections.”

Mrs Sandra Opoku, the Director of the Tema Port, said the announcement was welcome news and that it was long overdue considering the developments being undertaken by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) with its partners.

She said the GPHA is strengthening its position as a hub port through the development of the other cargo flows within Terminal One and Two (General Cargo, Break Bulk and liquid) to complement the growth in its container traffic.

Mrs Opoku said the development would solidify the Tema Port’s spot in the maritime industry adding that “GPHA will continue to call for investment into port infrastructure to match changing world trends and draw more global trade to Africa”.

Mr Peter Mac Manu, the Board Chairman of the GHPA, said that the decision by Hapag- Lloyd to concentrate its West African shipping service in Tema is an evidence of how much the Tema Port played a key role in the new phase of Africa’s economic transformation.

kantanka car( Ghana made car )double production as demand in Nigeria soars .......

Local car manufacturer, Kantanka Automobile has revealed that the company doubled its production capacity to some 250 units last year.

The company attributed the increase to the high demand of cars from neighbouring country, Nigeria as it produced some 400 cars to hit the market.

“Production is currently still on-going; we have doubled last year’s production and we have just recently added an order of 100 vehicles to hit the Nigerian market. We are expanding our facilities, our workshop and now we are also poised to produce more cars to hit the Ghanaian market as well,” General Manager of Kantanka Automobile, Francis Kudjordjie revealed to reporters.

However, in 2018, the company said that it secured about 13,000 orders from 3 African countries. This order, according to the Chief Executive, has been the company’s biggest order ever since production began.

The car manufacturer, earlier this year announced that it will commence the production of electric cars as it is ready to produce them in Ghana by the end of this year.

“By the end of this year, Kantanka will build electric cars that could travel between Accra to Kumasi before recharge. We intend to do that before this year ends,” Kwadwo Safo Kantanka Junior, Chief Executive Officer of Kantanka Automobile earlier stated.

According him, the move will demonstrate to Ghanaians the company’s readiness to adapt to technology that can stand the innovation and competition on the global stage.

GSA’s approval of vehicle parts and systems

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) in October this year approved 26 national standards for vehicle parts and systems to regulate the automobile industry with effect from next year, 2020.

The authority was assigned the responsibility in line with its statutory mandate to develop national standards for the automobile industry.

source ...kantaka

ZombieDestroyer:
[b]So you wrote all these crap because you wanted to show us that the Chinese built a two-storey building and named it Ghana Gas Company?! [/b]Smh!!

You Damned stupid . it is not build by the Chinese and neither is it a two complex building . hope you alright?

SilvaBullet:
Trade war with who? Ghana? Ehm! With all due respect, Ghana will be crushed. If you draw a parallel between retail shops run by Nigerians in Ghana to Ghana''s total export to Nigeria, then you should get back to basic economy.

Lots of goods by foreign and local manufacturers are produced in Ghana with Nigeria''s huge consumer market as the target. Nigerian retail shops in Ghana isn't even up to 10% of the import that made in Ghana products account for in Nigeria.

As for our export to Ghana, apart from petrochemical products, which you need as vital oxygen for your economy, I don't see how Ghana can fight back with her very lean economic muscle without resulting to serious self harm.

Go look for your ilks in the likes of Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo and Senegal. That we are 2 of only 4 or 5 anglophone West Africa countries doesn't mean we're comparable.

Our shared lingua franca should never be misconstrued or form any basis for the pretext economic rivalry.

This is basically thrash. Don't you think so?......

Ghana being an industrial hub for market consume across west africa speaks volume for itself . Ghana buisness can easily target elsewhere if Nigeria really kick start this trade war? before Nigeria independence, Ghana was a memeber of the big boys ( non alinged nation) Ghana was so rich enough to build her volta electric dam, the largest manmade dam in the world. Ghana already operated a working oil refinery before it detected its own oil( refining Nigeria oil in the past)You should note that working economy is not always about size but effective fundamentals.

if you study west africa buisness very well as you claim to think, Nigeria small scale buisness is the most hardest hit. Nigerians are the one plying Ghana route for buisness transaction, Nigerians are the one establishing new transport hub in Ghana day by day, loosing banking licence just because they can't meet the recent adjusted recapitalization. Ghanaian buisness in Nigeria are very strategized. they are into oil drilling and E pharmacy and recently in ICT. Ghana is the new secretariat of Africa continental free trade, that is a leadership role . Ghana will not fight back but rather acted as a diplomat. be expecting Ghana to play more as negotiator rather than a warrior now even if the issue is not related to Ghana directly.

Ghana dependence on Nigeria petrochemical is almost not existing now. the country already have its own infrastructure ( atuabo gas pipeline) if you may know, the country supply above two hundered thousand oil barrels a day and with plan to double production to 5 hundered thousand for a country less than 29 million .

Apart from having the same lingua franca , Ghana was a remarkable force in Nigeria education and democracy progress. it is history now but the record is there.


Anyway the picture below here is the Ghana gas office officially launched this year. it will be the hub where Ghana gas will be deplored . A new plan is on the way to supply petrochemical to cote devoire .......

Ghana airport rated the best again in west africa.....

The Airport Council International (ACI) has ranked the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) the best in West Africa.

The rankings which were done in the first quarter of 2019 also rated KIA the fourth-best in Africa, an improvement from the previous year where it was ranked sixth.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who disclosed this at an ongoing annual general assembly of the Airport Council said government is strictly adhering to quality standards to position KIA as the preferred in the world.

“Ghana’s aviation industry has seen considerable growth in recent years, made possible by the continuous creation of a stable political, social and economic climate. We have liberalised the regulatory framework within which the industry operates.

“In addition to this, we have abolished the 17.5 percent VAT on domestic airfares which has led to almost a doubling of domestic passenger traffic,” he added.

The president also disclosed that international passenger numbers have grown by 6.7 percent as at September 2019 compared to 2018.

Airfreight movement has also increased by 5.9 percent with 38 airlines currently operating in Ghana, connecting directly to 30 different destinations around the globe.

This generated some 2.7 billion dollars to Ghana’s GDP in 2017 alone.

According to the 2017 figures released by the International Air Travel Association (IATA) the global air transport industry supports 62.7 million jobs worldwide.

Aviation’s global economic impact amounts in value to $2.7 trillion with 3.5 percent of global GDP generated supported by aviation. The figures also show that every day, 9.8 million passengers take to the air with 104, 000 flights and $18.6 billion worth of goods are carried.

IATA notes that air traffic globally has been growing at five percent annually and is projected to grow at 5.6 percent per year over the next 20 years.

The air traffic transport industry in Africa in 2017 supported some 6.2 million jobs and contributed 55.8 billion dollars to Africa’s gross domestic product with a 4.5 percent growth rate.

According to AITA Africa by 2037 and with an annual growth rate of 4.5 percent will have a total market of 334 million passengers.

President Akufo-Addo does not want Ghana left out of this growth.

He indicated that in order to maximise the full potential and benefits of the aviation industry, upon assumption of office in 2017, his government established the Aviation Ministry to develop the Ghanaian Aviation Industry and make it competitive in West Africa with an ultimate goal of making it a hub within the region and beyond.

“Completing ongoing aviation projects in all parts of the country reassure me that this vision will soon be realised.

“We have started the construction of new aprons at the northern end of the KIA, the construction of new passenger terminal buildings for the Kumasi and Tamae international airports - alternatives to KIA - and the rehabilitation of the Sunyani Airport,” he said.

President Akufo-Addo also revealed the Aviation Ministry has initiated plans for a dedicated programme, dubbed the Aviation Driven Development with the aim of using aviation as the driver of socio-economic transformation.

This project will see a maintenance overhaul and repairs facility at the Tamale International Airport, construction of cargo facilities, development of aviation training organisation and construction of state of art control tower at KIA, among others.

“Our airports will continue to undergo systematic facelifts through in infrastructure rehabilitation. We also intend to continue to open up the country by constructing addition airports to serve as feeders for the KIA.

“The progress being made in the aviation sector, is ample evidence of our commitment to collaborate and cooperate with all industry stakeholders and to champion the cause of global and regional policies such as the ‘no country left behind initiative’, the single African air transport market and thereby enhance safety and security,” the president said.

Source: Myjoyonline.com

benzzyno:
. Ghana is just alilbit bigger than Lagos so if you don't achieve 24hours power supply don't you think that would be shameful?.

This is a shameful response.America is two times bigger than nigeria and so its Brazil. And this country enjoy constant electricity supply. what contribute to power supply is infrastructure and administration not population. Ghana a country a bit more than lagos is having the same power capacity with Nigeria (5000 plus megawatts) and putting over 85 percent of her nation on national grid . that is commendable and what Nigeria can learn about.

Area4Area:
What is the percentage of our export to Ghana compared to our GDP, equally compare your export to Nigeria with your GDP and tell us which has a higher proportion.

With this, both are still insignificant to each nation economy.( it is less than 0.7/0.5 of their respective economy) but Nigeria case may be diffrence. Ghana follow closely behind Zambia are the two country with largest penetration of African goods. Ghana themselves have very weak access to African market. . probably the worst in africa, the reason Ghana fought for AFCTA secretariat to be able to annexed African state. Ghanaian economy is set up in a way that is not dependable on African market but Europe market . Nigeria is annexing everywhere, foreign trade is more profitable than local trade. one tuber of yam exported abroad is more profitable than 10 tuber of yam consumed locally. Nigeria and Ghana can not sustained the trade war. both country with more dependable on ones market will be worst hit.

ManirBK:
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/borders-fg-refuses-entry-for-1111-irregular-migrants-in-2-months.html

This is just a bogus news. despite the banning. movement of goods and people still continue. Nigeria is way corrupt than what buhari may think. buhari only create jobs for the lazy youth living in borders town and more avenue for illegal money for both both police and custom on the same road. Anybody living in idiroko can testify......

Kennyswagz1:
I thought you were half nigerian

I have never condemn Nigeria here but will not tolerate lies even if it is from Ghana.

A good read about Nigeria so called bogus inventor.......

Philip Emeagwali—Another fake Black "genius"
Philip Emeagwali—Another fake Black "genius"
When the story about Philip Emeagwali first appeared in the media, I thought that he was a genuine African genius. After all, even on a continent where the average IQ is 70 and the standard deviation is 12, one Black in 368 million will have an IQ higher than 140, which is the minimum IQ to qualify as a genius. There's an even chance that there are two Black geniuses in Africa, and how was I to know that Emeagwali wasn't one of them?

Anyway, I'm ashamed to admit that I was deceived by that talk about Emeagwali inventing the supercomputer by watching the way bees build their hives. It turns out that this was just jive.

In 1989, Emeagwali was one of nine people to share a Gordon Bell Prize, worth about $1000. The Gordon Bell Prize is one of many smalltime prizes that people who use computers can win, and it is the basis for a lot of bogus or hyperinflated self-promotional claims that Emeagwali later made.

The Jewsmedia, including CNN, picked up on Emeagwali's antics and gave them uncritical prestige. Suddenly, we were hearing that Emeagwali invented the idea of parallel processing. He did not. We heard that Emeagwali invented the supercomputer. He did not. We heard that he invented the Internet. He did not. We were invited to believe that Emeagwali's Gordon Bell Prize was some kind of major achievement, on a par with the Nobel Prize. It is no such thing. There are even pseudobiographical anecdotes about Emeagwali to be found online, many of them intended to convey the idea that Emeagwali is one of the most brilliant men ever to live, on a par with, say, Karl Friedrich Gauss. He is not.


source ...live journal

Carmit:
Whose this
Did I dispute all you stated on your Ghana MCM
You're hilarious though ...do i need you to believe Its really funny how you guys try to dispute it
Do something productive will you.

You really need that my guy. ..... never think it is productive when you lie to fame .....

Carmit:
Your post doesn't even tackle me because I specifically stated that he is a FATHER OF MODERN COMPUTERS AND NOT THE INTERNET

stop using baseless logic with me. he is father of non.. he is just a deceptive figure ...

Carmit:
I had already seen this and knew where you were headed even before you read my comment
You see bruv...he is a FATHER OF THE MODERN COMPUTER... Read well....
Don't you expect some form of controversy when it comes to taking credit for innovative works in the tech world?
It happened to Steve jobs,bill gates and even very recently mark in the Libra crypto ongoing saga...
So my man...your argument holds no water

never use useless logic with me. it doesn't work. your guy is simply a lier and deceptive. simple.


mention Thomas mensah of Ghana ( fiber optic inventor) the whole Google search really welcome it . and no controversy on that matter. your guy is close to none of the big boys you mentioned..

Carmit:
We hear you but NIGERIA IS STILL THE MOST EDUCATED AFRICAN COUNTRY IN THE US OF A.

what a nonsense that you can back up with credible source .

Carmit:
Are you kidding me Is google your enemy
Google the Nigerians doing big at american universities and Even THE AMERICAN MEDICAL practitioners body.... Because you have people it means Nigerians are dead right

OK...EVEN IF GHANA HAD AN 100% LITERACY RATE WOULD THE FIGURES EVEN ENTER 30MILLION....DONT BE LIKE THIS...GHANA SHOULD HAVE BETTER PEOPLE FLYING THEIR FLAG HERE

ALSO THE FATHER OF COMPUTER IS PHILIP EMEAGWALI... YOU GUESSED RIGHT--> A NIGERIAN
Philip Emeagwali ranked as:
Smarter Than Einstein
The Second Greatest Genius in Mathematics
The Third Greatest Genius Alive
Voted "Father of the Modern Computer"
Meet the Top Ten Greatest Computer Scientists
Ranked First by Google for "contribution to the development of the computer"
23 Geniuses With Photographic Memory

GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND
TRY NOT TO EMBARRASS GHANA AGAIN

never ever mention Philip emagwili. that great lier and deceptive who wanted to claim what he does not achieved. and regarding your other ranting, i have submitted a credible screen shot that discredit your gibberish.

Carmit:
Like i said earlier, Nigerians are africas most educated representatives at Uncle SAM....also one of the top migrant communities in education
Kenyans will hate this
Feed on the links KENYANS ....its all yours

https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/the-most-successful-ethnic-group-in-the-u-s-may-surprise-you/86885/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chron.com/news/amp/Data-show-Nigerians-the-most-educated-in-the-U-S-1600808.php

what a bogus read from non regulated body . that bogus article was first published on an account of one Zambia writter.. ..very fake


from Wikipedia ( multiple source ) These are list of notable academia and scientist in American. now check Ghana names in them ...... I must admit Nigeria did well but Ghana a small country not up to lagos is overly represented.

Carmit:
OK let this put to rest the argument that other Africans are more educated than Nigerians... Nigeria has a literacy rate of 59% and Nigeria has the highest literacy rate EVER in Africa. This also excludes Nigerians in diaspora... Don't let me start on how educated Nigerians in diaspora are

Ghana at 76%- 21m

You like writting gibberish. why don't you update yourself on Ghana literacy rate statistics. that figure you cough out is way back old.four years ago( 2015). Ghana literacy rate is currently 90 percent and some point. this is UNESCO report not any bogus ranking you like posting.

when it comes to education in sub Saharan Africa. Ghana is well known both home and abroad. it has a son presiding over a full fledged public university in America ..... it has a son representing africa at NASA( the most difficult profession on earth) it is full of smart scientist..... He has a son whom the world will forever credit for the invention of fiber optic. ....this Are just few.....

I remmeber telling one idiot here that Ghana is increasing his brand value every blessed year. he took it as a joke....

IN THE WORLD Ghana, 2 other African nations among the top 5 fastest-growing nation brands of 2019 .

Ghana, Uganda, and Egypt have emerged among the fastest Nation brands in the world - 11 out of the 20 fastest-growing nation brands of 2019 come from the Middle East and Africa, with Ghana (up 67%), Uganda (up 56%), and Egypt (up 50%) in the top 5 Our Manifesto:in African nations have emerged among the top 5 fastest-growing nation brands of 2019, according to the latest report by Brand Finance, an independent brand valuation consultancy. According to the Brand Finance Nation Brands 2019 ranking released on Thursday, October 10, 2019, Ghana, Uganda, and Egypt emerged among the fastest-growing Nation brands in the world. 11 out of the 20 fastest-growing nation brands of 2019 come from the Middle East and Africa, with Ghana (up 67%), Uganda (up 56%), and Egypt (up 50%) in the top 5.

READ ALSO: Notre-Dame: A unique Ghanaian forest set to help rebuild iconic cathedral

SouthAfrica moved up one place after recording a 5% increase in brand value to $218 billion, despite the nation facing increased political and economic instability. Developing economies have seen 30 times faster nation brand value growth over the past year than developed ones. This means that – on average – the nation brands of developing economies have been growing at a pace 31.3 times faster than the developed ones. Nation brand values of most developed economies have contracted or stagnant.

source... Brand finance.......

Accra feature in big seven

Representing the most ambitious and impactful projects by mayors to tackle the global climate crisis, the sixth annual C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards celebrated the best projects across seven categories that define this year’s theme – The Future We Want:

1. The future we want is resilient – Awarded to Medellín, Colombia for its Avenida Oriental Green Corridors

2. The future we want relies on green mobility – Awarded to Kolkata, India for its Low Carbon Commute Transition

3. The future we want runs on renewable energy – Awarded to Seoul, South Korea for its Solar City Expansion

4. The future we want engages all citizens – Awarded to Accra, Ghana for its Informal Waste Collection Expansion

5. The future we want breathes clean air – Awarded to London, UK for its Ultra-Low Emission Zone

6. The future we want requires transformative change – Awarded to San Francisco, USA for its CleanPowerSF program

7. The future we want uses green technologies – Awarded to Guangzhou, China for its Expansive Bus Electrification

source Bloomberg

To Ghanaians only....... just in ..

“All unused data and voice bundles purchased by subscribers do not expire, and must be rolled over with the next recharge” – Minister for Communications to Telcos.

Good Governance i guess.......