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NRG Meeting II
(National Reference Group Second Round
Meetings)
In Media – Ghana
Consumer Policy To Be In Place In 2010
graphicghana.com, Ghana, November 05, 2009
Ghana to have a consumer policy by next year - Trade
Minister
GNA, Ghana, November 04, 2009
Consumer
Policy To Be In Place In 2010
graphicghana.com, Ghana, November 05, 2009
The Minister
of Trade and Industry, Ms Hannah Tetteh, has hinted that
Ghana will by 2010 have a consumer policy in place to ensure
efficiency in the provision of goods and services.
The consumer policy will also facilitate the enactment of a
competition law to further protect the rights of consumers
and present people with choices in terms of patronising
goods and services.
Ms Tetteh said this at a meeting organised by the Institute
for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) in
collaboration with the Consumer Unity and Trust Society
(CUTS) International, an Indian based non-governmental
organisation that focuses on promoting consumer protection,
human development and trade issues.
The meeting dubbed: "National Reference Group," discussed
consumer welfare issues and the need for a national advocacy
agenda on the competition law.
Ms Tetteh noted that the government had already set up a
tariff advisory board that would among its duties receive
complaints from the general public, study the complaints and
assess the evidence that would inform their decisions in the
formulation of international trade laws.
"In all these issues, the government will ensure that
Ghanaian businesses are not disadvantaged," the minister
said.
The National Reference Group is made up of members from the
Ghana Standards Board, Food and Drugs Board, the media, Bank
of Ghana and officials from ISSER.
Dr Charles Ackah, a Senior Research Fellow at ISSER, pointed
out that majority of Ghanaians were ignorant of rules or
laws that checked anti-competitive behaviour and people did
not also know which agencies or institutions to report to
should they encounter any consumer issues.
He said most journalists also lacked the training needed to
appreciate competition issues, therefore, such issues were
usually not highlighted in the media.
"A competition law in Ghana could play an important role in
tackling some of the abuses at the marketplace", Dr Ackah
said
Participants strongly supported the need for a national
advocacy campaign on competition and consumer issues to
improve economic development in Ghana.
The news item can also be
viewed at:
http://www.graphicghana.com/
Ghana to have a consumer policy by next year - Trade
Minister
GNA, November 04, 2009
Ms. Hannah Tetteh, Minister of
Trade and Industry, on Tuesday hinted that Ghana will by
2010 have a consumer policy in place to ensure efficiency in
the provision of goods and services.
The consumer policy will also
facilitate the enactment of a competition law to further
protect the rights of a consumer and present people with
choices in terms of patronizing goods and services.
Ms. Tetteh said this at a
meeting organized by the Institute for Statistical, Social
and Economic Research (ISSER) in collaboration with the
Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) International, an
Indian based non-governmental organization that focuses on
promoting consumer protection, human development and trade
issues.
The meeting dubbed: "National
Reference Group," discussed consumer welfare issues and the
need for a national advocacy agenda on the competition law.
Ms. Tetteh noted that the
government had already set up a tariff advisory board that
would among its duties receive complaints from the general
public, study the complaints and assess the evidence that
would inform their decisions in the formulation of
international trade laws.
"In all these issues, the
government will ensure that Ghanaian businesses are not
disadvantaged," the Minister said.
The National Reference Group is
made up of members from the Ghana Standards Board, Food and
Drugs Board, the media, Bank of Ghana and officials from
ISSER.
Dr. Charles Ackah, Senior
Research Fellow at ISSER, pointed out that majority of
Ghanaians were ignorant of rules or laws that checked
anti-competitive behaviour and people also did not know
which agencies or institutions to report to should they
encounter any consumer issues.
He said most journalists also
lacked the training needed to appreciate competition issues
therefore such issues were usually not highlighted in the
media.
"A competition law in Ghana
could play an important role in tackling some of the abuses
at the marketplace," Dr. Ackah said
Participants strongly supported
the need for a national advocacy campaign on competition and
consumer issues to improve economic development in Ghana.
The news item can also be
viewed at:
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