GEPA ‘toys’ with export earnings Targets vary after heads

The country’s expected earnings from non-traditional exports (NTEs) are hinged on the ambitions and aspirations of personalities that head the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), the GRAPHIC BUSINESS has observed.

This is partly due to the absence of a binding strategic plan for the NTE sub-sector, leaving heads of the authority to set targets for such exports on their own convictions and mostly not based on any scientific assumptions that derail quickly once leadership changes at the authority.

Fidgiting with targets

The paper has further observed that GEPA, which is mandated by law to facilitate the development and promotion of Ghana’s exports, has been fidgiti