Business News of Sunday, 19 May 2019Source: 3news.comSalt importation stifling local salt wining industryAccording to leader of the Cooperative excessive importation does not favour local salt producersSome artisanal salt winers are lamenting about salt importation into the country, a situation they say is threatening their livelihood. Leader of the Ada Songor Salt Cooperative, Aaron Larweh Hushie said the excessive importation does not favour the local salt producers in the country. “For example, Ada Songor Lagoon now, the lagoon seawater intake project which is a major investment project that should be facilitated by government has not been done for 30 years now. Mr. Hushie noted that policy makers ought to realize that globalized economies are not into profit but are after the power to control strategic commodities. BackgroundAccording to Aaron Laweh Hushie, the Ada Songor lagoon depends on brine in the lagoon for salt production in commercial quantities.

Source: GhanaWeb May 19, 2019 15:33 UTC