By Benjamin Akoto, GNA
Sunyani, June 14, GNA – Mr Sugandh Rajaram, the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, has proposed the establishment of a Ghana-India Friendship Centre in the Bono region.
He said such a Centre would serve as a fulcrum for the people in the region and other parts of the country to obtain hands-on experience from Indian expertise in building Ghana’s human resource capacity.
Mr Rajaram made the proposal when he paid a courtesy call on Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister in Sunyani on Monday to kick start his five-day working visit to the region.
He said India had achieved a lot since its independence 75 years ago, saying it was, therefore, imperative for India to share her success stories with Ghana and Africa.
”Upgrading skills and building human capacity is the basis of our engagements with African countries,” Mr Rajaram said.
He suggested that the Bono Regional Coordinating Council must also set up a specialized unit that would highlight the economic prospects of the region to attract investors from India.
On her part, Madam Owusu-Banahene said India had made significant gains in E-commerce, agribusiness and ICT, and proposed to the High Commissioner to facilitate to move the region along that direction.
She said the Bono region was predominantly a farming area with 70 per cent of the people engaged in cash crops, vegetables, fruits and poultry production, and asked India investors to build strong partnerships with the farmers to pave way for them to engage in commercial farming for mutual benefit.
“We believe if these peasant farmers are introduced to scientific methods of farming, it would greatly enhance crop and food productivity in the region,” the Regional Minister stated.
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