After comparing the production levels of Ghanaian and Togolese workers, eminent economist Professor Stephen Adei concluded that Ghanaian workers are among the least productive in the world.Based on his research, Professor Adei emphasised that Togolese workers exhibit higher quality work than their Ghanaian colleagues.He claims that because Togolese workers are more productive, companies frequently favor them.
“…The Ghanaian worker is one of the least productive workers in the world when they are in Ghana. In fact, was it ten years ago the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences asked me to give a lecture on productivity in Ghana and I found that in Africa given the same conditions, qualifications and everything else, the Ghanaian worker was among the least productive worker in Africa,”
The former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration stated.
He continued, “What surprised me in that research was that the Togolese worker was more productive than the Ghanaian, which I wanted to see evidence of until I started looking at Togolese workers in Ghana’s construction industry.“Their productivity is far superior to Ghanaian workers. Masons, electricians, tailors, and often people think they are Ghanaians because they speak Ewe, but they are not Ghanaians. And some of the construction people look for them because of their quality work,” he stated.
