Ghana’s Spare Parts Dealers Association Wooing Investments to Boost Local Production

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According to Henry Okyere, the association had already begun engaging investors interested in setting up production facilities in Ghana. He believed this would not only reduce imports but also help stabilise the Ghana cedi and create more jobs.

Okyere, the Chairman of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association, has disclosed that the association is working to attract investors to support the local production of oil filters in Ghana.

He announced the moves to investors to locally produce oil filters in an interview with the Ghana News Agency after speaking in Lagos at the annual West African Automotive Show (WAAS). The event brings together key stakeholders in the automotive industry in Nigeria.

Okyere emphasised the growing need to develop a local manufacturing base for spare parts. According to Okyere, the association had already begun engaging investors interested in setting up production facilities in Ghana. He believed this would not only reduce imports but also help stabilise the Ghana cedi and create more jobs.

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The chairman also pointed to successes in connecting local shaft and crank sellers to markets at more affordable prices, a development he said was helping make the industry more competitive and accessible.