Story: Mary Ankrah
Ghana will host the seventh edition of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Trade Fair in Accra next year.
The fair, slated for the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre from October 24 to November 4, 2013, will be on the theme: “Regional integration through trade”.
This will be the second time Ghana is hosting the ECOWAS Fair, after it successfully hosted the second edition in 1999.
Speaking at the launch of the publicity and promotional campaign in Accra on Wednesday, the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Dr Joseph Samuel Annan, said a national committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Director of the ministry had been set up to plan the event.
“I assure the Commission for ECOWAS and the business community in the sub-region that Ghana has accepted the responsibility and will do its best to ensure a successful seventh ECOWAS Fair,” he said.
He said the country would position itself to maximise sales in certain non-traditional export commodities during the fair and promote products and services which it strategically wanted to grow to benefit the economy.
He, therefore, pledged the ministry’s commitment to ensure that the ECOWAS Fair was brought to an appreciable level.
Dr Annan called on Ghanaians and the business community in West Africa to fully participate in the fair, with the view to contributing to the growth and development of all the economies in the region.
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