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(3)
The State shall take appropriate measures to promote the development of agriculture and industry.
(4)
Foreign investment shall been couraged with in Ghana, subject to any law for the time being in force
regulating investment in Ghana.
(5)
For the purposes of the foregoing clauses of this article, within two years after assuming office, the
President shall present to Parliament a co-ordinated programme of economic and social development
policies, including agricultural and industrial programmes at all levels and in all the regions of Ghana.
(6)
The State shall afford equality of economic opportunity to all citizens; and, in particular, the State
shall take all necessary steps so as to ensure the full integration of women into the mainstream of the
economic development of Ghana.
(7)
The State shall guarantee the ownership of property and the right of inheritance.
(8)
The State shall recognise that ownership and possession of land carry a social obligation to serve the
larger community and, in particular, the State shall recognise that the managers of public, stool, skin
and family lands are fiduciaries charged with the obligation to discharge their functions for the
benefit respectively of the people of Ghana, of the stool, skin, or family concerned and are
accountable as fiduciaries in this regard.
(9)
The State shall take appropriate measures needed to protect and safeguard the national environment
for posterity; and shall seek co-operation with other states and bodies for purposes of protecting the
wider international environment for mankind.
(10)
The State shall safeguard the health, safety and welfare of all persons in employment, and shall
establish the basis for the full deployment of the creative potential of all Ghanaians.
(11)
The State shall encourage the participation of workers in the decision-making process at the work
place.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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