The Ministry of Trade and Industry has indicated it will go tough on agencies who flout the Made-In-Ghana (MIG) policy directives and sanction them accordingly.
The Project Manager of the campaign, Saana Nyarko-Dabie disclosed that the Ministry will roll out a periodic procurement audit to monitor compliance with the directive.
Following this, the Trade Ministry has forwarded copies of the MIG policy document to all Ministries while the various MMDAs are expected to be copied as well soon.
“There is a cover letter telling them exactly what they are supposed to do. There is also an attachment detailing what procurement items we have identified for which we expect them to procure locally.We have also hinted to them of a periodic procurement audit the Ministry of Trade will undertake to find out which agencies are flouting the policy directives. Administrative sanctions will be applied against state institutions and agencies that will blatantly flout the policy” he told B&FT.
The new policy document is expected to anchor the Made-In-Ghana (MIG) campaign and whip up the procurement of goods and services that are available locally.
Per the new policy, the intervention will increase the production and consumption of locally made goods and services as a way of reducing dependence on imports and create jobs for Ghanaians.
At least, 23 priority products from different sectors have been captured onto the programme including poultry, textiles and garments, cement, furniture, pharmaceutical, rice, and cosmetics.
