Dr Afua Asabea Asare, the chief executive officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), has said there must be a deliberate effort to develop the apparel and textile industries.
She said more must be done to grow Ghanaās major players in the apparel industry to accrue more benefits for the country, adding: āWe havenāt scratched the surface of what we can do in the apparel industry.ā
Speaking with Nana Yaa Mensah for Sunday Night, Dr Asare said, āI think that there should be a deliberate effort; we should be intentional about grooming and growing these industries [apparel, textiles and clothing] to mop up all the seamstresses and the tailors who have little shops around.
National Export Strategy
āWe can put all of these people together and train them effectively to work with the bigger industry to push the clothing and apparel industry to where itās supposed to be. There is a lot that we can do in that industry.ā
She said: āPer our National Export Strategy document, we have 17 priority areas that GEPA is currently developing. We are recently developing services.
āSo when you talk about education, health and tourism, itās all part of the services that weāre taking out there to sell.ā
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