"1999 Budget condemned" is the banner headline of the crusading Guide. According to the paper, the NPP Minority Spokesman on Finance, Dr. Kofi Apraku commenting on the 1999 Budget in an exclusive interview described it as a lame duck.
According to him, the only way made-in-Ghana goods can become competitive is when they are well manufactured to international standards and call on the government to give out affordable credit facilitation to industrialists.
Mr. Pianim, a leading industrialist called on the government to look at the export sector carefully since they are pursuing an export led development strategy.