Kumasi hosts the government's economic forum | Economy

The government will host the second edition of the National Policy Summit (NPS), which will focus primarily on the country's economy.

This year's summit will be held from July 23 to 24 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi. At the launch of the NPS 2018 edition, Vice Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said the summit would serve as a platform for the government, Ghanaian businesses, citizens and other stakeholders to deliberate on the issues. affecting the economy of the country

This summit follows the review of the government's economic policies in mid-year and has for theme: "Evaluation of the agenda of the growth and the Employment

. Oppong Nkrumah said it would give key ministries of the economic sector the opportunity to discuss the implementation of programs in the first half of the year.

He added that "stakeholders will have the opportunity to contribute to the implementation of these policies.

The Ministry of Information launched the National Policy Summit in 2017 with the aim of creating a platform for citizens, civil society groups, business circles and government To discuss the policies and programs of Impressed by the successful event of last year, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said: "The level of participation and the quality of the information feedbacks prove that Ghanaians have fully taken their place as citizens and not spectators under this administration and are eager to contribute ideas to shape and advance this country. "

Activities

Givin He stated that the opening ceremony will be chaired by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, with the first roundtable on agriculture where the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, is expected The first summit day, there will be another round table, which will focus on the flagship initiative of the Government Industrialization, One District, One Factory.

The summit will also include discussions on how to improve trade in Ghana; tourism development; improve small scale mining and digitization and the bank's evolution in Ghana.

The chief executive of Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), sponsoring this year's summit, urged all citizens and stakeholders to be keenly interested in the summit. According to him, the government and key stakeholders would engage in a healthy debate on national policies during the summit