The Minister for Planning, Prof George Gyan-Baffour, has urged entrepreneurs to position themselves in order to take advantage of the government’s industrialisation policies.
The minister added that the success of the government’s policies depend on the availability of the necessary manpower with the capacity to meet the required needs.
Speaking at the 39th Management Day of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) on the theme ‘Entrepreneurship: A Catalyst for Ghana’s Socio Economic Development’, Prof.Gyan-Baffour argued that the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) would help accelerate development in the country.
“We need the necessary mental overhaul that will affect the nature of our curricula and move in the direction of skill acquisition, leadership ability, corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, among other things,” he said.
He added that, “When our junior high school leavers are unable to continue their education at the SHS level, they get out of tune psychologically and majority of them develop low self-esteem.”
According to the minister, the free SHS would develop the manpower base of the country and help in the transformation of the country, insisting that, “let us make sure majority of our youth are placed in advantageous positions to benefit.”
He stated that the government was committed to creating a conducive environment to facilitate start-up businesses.
Prof.Gyan-Baffour further entreated business men and women to focus on expanding their business beyond the shores of Ghana, saying, “We need to look at the entire sub-region.”
He further urged the Business School to take a leading role in producing the best and creative human resources required by the nation.
Also speaking at the event, Prof. Joshua Yindenaba Abor, Dean, UGBS, stated that his outfit is focused in developing the human resource to take up business opportunities.
He said the school had introduced some programs aimed at helping students to develop critical management skills.
“We are still strong on our global visibility initiatives, and are gradually building strong global brand as a world class business school.
“This is essentially to equip students with the intellectual capacity to handle real life business problems,” he said
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