Ghana's Appetite For Local Content

THE PUSH FOR LOCAL CONTENT KEEPS INCREASING BY THE YEAR

Successive governments especially in the fourth republic have consistently made efforts at strengthening the participation of local talent and skills in activities across many industries. The push for local content keeps increasing by the year with successive governments adding on to the ever growing basket of services and activities which are limited to locals or require some form of local participation.

It is interesting to note that even in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, land ownership/ leasing is limited for foreigners where they cannot lease a parcel of land for more than fifty (50) years ¹.

Also as naturally expected, a non-Ghanaian cannot hold public office and a Ghanaian with a dual citizenship cannot hold the high office of Member of Parliament ² or any other office that requires the qualification for that.