The influx of foreign furniture in Ghana is causing the businesses of many local woodworkers to fold up. For this reason members of the Woodworkers’ Association of Ghana in the Upper East Region have gone through a day’s workshop aimed at improving the quality of their products and their entrepreneurial skills, to help them beat competition from foreign counterparts.
In all, 220 woodworkers including carpenters and joiners from across the region participated in the workshop which was sponsored by Ashfoam.
National General Secretary for the Woodworkers’ Association of Ghana, Abdullah Bin Abubakar speaking to A1 News, said keen competition in the furniture market as a result of the importation of furniture from Asia is the bane of woodworkers in Ghana and the training will properly position the participants to favorably compete in the furniture market.
Communications Manager for Ashfoam, Joe Ampem-Darko Antwi said Ashfoam as a company took the sponsorship of the training as a corporate social responsibility, especially since woodworkers mostly use Ashfoam products to manufacture furniture.
By: Albert Sore | A1radioonline.com | Ghana
