Minority accuses government of lifting cement import restrictions, says move undermines local industry

The Minority in Parliament is accusing the government of reopening Ghana’s cement import market, a move it says puts local manufacturers at a disadvantage and reverses policies that once protected the industry. Speaking during a meeting with the Ghana Employers Association, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Trade and Industry Committee, Michael Okyere Baafi, said the current NDC administration had loosened restrictions that previously kept substandard cement and foreign competition out of the local market.