Local rice importers not happy with ban

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• IT COULD BE YOU 12 years ago

  I am sick and tired of mentioning of loss of revenue to the state, what did they used the money for, politicians want to control even food we will eat so that they can starve us when we critised them, oh mother Ghana in the n ...
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  I am sick and tired of mentioning of loss of revenue to the state, what did they used the money for, politicians want to control even food we will eat so that they can starve us when we critised them, oh mother Ghana in the name of Taxes they want deprive our local importers of thier livelyhood so that they and thier Chinese and Lebanese companies can import everything, we should focus on how to retrieve our Judgment debt monies, it can solve most of our problems

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• kweku Osei 12 years ago

  Kofi Nsiah the biggest smuggler of rice from Abidjan.

  Kofi Nsiah the biggest smuggler of rice from Abidjan.

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• BUSINESS DEVELOPER 12 years ago

  Ghana ?s capable to grow qual?ty r?ce locally and feed the populat?on ,aga?n to even export and save the nat?on of m?ll?ons dollars we spend to ?mport fore?gn r?ce .These traders are greedy and lazy to grow r?ce locally .

  Ghana ?s capable to grow qual?ty r?ce locally and feed the populat?on ,aga?n to even export and save the nat?on of m?ll?ons dollars we spend to ?mport fore?gn r?ce .These traders are greedy and lazy to grow r?ce locally .

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• ONYAME BEYE 12 years ago

  PUT HEAVY DUTY ON RICE FROM CHINA. EAT YOUR LOCAL RICE. L LIVE ABROAD BUT I BRING MY OWN BROWN RICE ANY TIME I GO TO GHANA. GHANAFOO WANT EVERYTHING IMPORTED. WHY?.

  PUT HEAVY DUTY ON RICE FROM CHINA. EAT YOUR LOCAL RICE. L LIVE ABROAD BUT I BRING MY OWN BROWN RICE ANY TIME I GO TO GHANA. GHANAFOO WANT EVERYTHING IMPORTED. WHY?.

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• Concerned 12 years ago

  More and more it seems like the gov't of Ghana is simply becoming a puppet for the goals and aspirations of others. A ban on rice imports except through the sea ports or KIA; whilst it might have the effect of lowering rice i ...
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  More and more it seems like the gov't of Ghana is simply becoming a puppet for the goals and aspirations of others. A ban on rice imports except through the sea ports or KIA; whilst it might have the effect of lowering rice imports, it also stinks of some dirty deal to increase the cash in some shady politician's/business mans pocket.
  
  When we look at the water shortage in Accra, and all the used water bags lying in our streets, don't we wonder why gov't hasn't taken steps to fix pollution and access to clean drinking water for these last 20+ years... I can only imagine that someone with clout has consistently looked after their own interests. The amount of money we waste on all the judgment debts could have easily been used to fix this "simple" problem
  
  Now this ban on essentially all rice imports by locals/West Africans. Instead, shouldn't we simply have an annual quota for all rice imports, then have people actually bid on how much they would pay for a license to import a certain quantity. Wouldn't this be more fair and accomplish the same result. Rather, we are making this policy to increase the rice import from China!

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• Shortest route to rice source 12 years ago

  Why Ghana import rice from China? China is not rice producer. In fact China don't produce enough rice for their people and have to import rice from its neighbor countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan...etc. Why ...
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  Why Ghana import rice from China? China is not rice producer. In fact China don't produce enough rice for their people and have to import rice from its neighbor countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan...etc. Why don't Ghana buy rice directly from these rice exporter countries?

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• EZEKIEL 12 years ago

  Of course, they will NOT BE HAPPY. Let's implement policies for the MAJORITY of Ghanaians! NOTHING WILL SATISFY EVERYBODY! One man's meat is another man's poison!

  Of course, they will NOT BE HAPPY. Let's implement policies for the MAJORITY of Ghanaians! NOTHING WILL SATISFY EVERYBODY! One man's meat is another man's poison!

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