Our economy, our choice: Patronise Ghana, prosper Ghana
On Thursday February 26, 2026, I read the Special Supplement on Made in Ghana products in the Daily Graphic, and I was genuinely inspired.
The quality, range and innovation on display were remarkable.
In fact, I had seen several of those products on store shelves before and assumed they were imported, until this publication proved otherwise.
The question posed by the paper was compelling: “Can the Made in Ghana agenda reset the economy?”
My answer is an emphatic YES. But it depends on us.
Economic transformation is not driven by policy alone; it is powered by collective action.
Every time we choose a locally made product, we strengthen a Ghanaian business, sustain a factory and create or protect jobs for our people.
Conversely, every unnecessary preference for import-export opportunity deepens unemployment at home.
The President’s RESET agenda must not be reduced to a political rhetoric. It should be embraced as a national economic revolution.
The 24-hour economy will only thrive when our factories run continuously and they will only run continuously when we deliberately and consistently buy what we produce.
I commend the Daily Graphic for spotlighting this crucial conversation.
The responsibility now shifts to us as citizens, consumers and leaders alike.
If we commit to patronising our own, we will not only reset the economy; we will redefine Ghana’s economic future in line with the RESET.
And I firmly believe we can.
Charles Benoni Okine,
Immediate-past Chairman,
GJA, Greater Accra Chapter.
