Local artisans worried over increased importation of toys

Local artisans, particularly children toy makers, have called for the government’s support to enable them produce high quality, exciting and safe goods for Ghanaian children.

If given the needed attention, the artisans said they could make high quality products so that parents and the country generally, would not need to import toys for their children.

Twenty-one year old artisan, Mr Jacob William, told the GRAPHIC BUSINESS in Accra that if the sector received support, it could move beyond handmade production of toys to manufacturing and subsequent commercialisation which would