Kojo Bonsu
KOJO BONSU, Ghana’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, has urged top businesses in his host country to visit Ghana and invest for huge returns.
He stated that Ghana has a perfect climate for businesses to flourish within a short time, noting that those who would adhere to his call would enjoy.
According to him, Ghana has laws that enables foreign nationals and their business to thrive, stating that there is no better country to do business in Africa now than in Ghana.
“Ghana is a lovely country. I’m inviting Chinese people to come to Ghana, invest and do business there,” he said.
Mr. Bonsu was speaking in an exclusive interview with the China Daily, a media network in China, which was monitored by the DAILY GUIDE.
Responding to the interviewer’s claim that the Chinese government has dug about 1,000 boreholes for Ghana, he replied that China has indeed contributed to Ghana’s growth.
“I will want to say thank you before I say this because China has done very well and it was to help alleviate poverty,” Mr. Bonsu stated.
He narrated how some school-going children had to walk for 20 kilometers to fetch water daily before they would go to school.
Such routines, he said, “create problems for you because your psyche will be different, you wouldn’t go to class to learn. But if you have borehole water right in your location, it’s better”.
According to him, it’s important that people, especially those living in remote communities, constantly have access to borehole water to help boost their living conditions.
“If we have water it will help solve a lot of problems, in fact it’s very expensive to construct a borehole, so if the Chinese government has come in to do it, we say a big thank you.
“The feedback from Ghanaians over China’s generous act is enormous. Most of the cities and towns that never got water wants to have more boreholes because you have provided positive examples. More grease to your elbow,” he said.
Mr. Bonsu said access to constant water could help improve food production and security, noting that, “water help’s us to do industrial farming, grow the food we want, and irrigation.”
He also expressed joy over how Ghanaian and Chinese cultures have mixed over the years saying, “If you go along the banks of the Volta River, there are a lot of Chinese farms.
“People are growing a fruit called Dragon fruit. It is being produced in Ghana and I eat Dragon fruit. It’s a Chinese thing”, he said, stressing the need for Ghana and China to closely work together.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Kumasi