Ghana’s locally made gin, akpeteshie, is an item on the world market earning the country money, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
Delivering his inaugural speech at the precinct of Parliament house which was monitored by Wontumionline.com, President Akufo-Addo stated that he is confident that the well packaged akpeteshie which has been labelled “Apio” would go a long way to compete other gins in the most sophisticated markets in the world.
“I doubt that anyone would, ordinarily, mention akpeteshie, the local gin, as a possible item on the world market. I cannot vouch for its taste or potency, since I gave up alcohol many years ago, but I can say that the Made in Ghana and beautifully packaged “Apio”, I have recently seen, can compete in the most sophisticated markets in the world”, the President said.
He used the occasion to also tout the ability of locally made Eku juice to take over the shelves of all supermarkets in Ghana as the preferred fruit juice.
“I expect the locally produced Eku juice, one of the results of Government’s “One-District-One-Factory” flagship policy, to replace rapidly the imported fruit juices on the shelves of our supermarkets, not because anyone will so decree, but because the quality of the locally produced one is as good, if not superior”, President Akufo-Addo stated.
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