Government has maintained that signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be based on recommendations from stakeholders.  

Ghana currently has about three months to take a decision on whether to sign the agreement or not. This will ensure that Ghana continues to have a 100 percent access to the European Union (EU) Market, duty-free, quota-free, while EU countries will have 70 percent access to the Ghanaian market, with the exception of rice and sugar.

But speaking to JOYBUSINESS after an engagement with exporters and other members of other business associations, acting Trade Minister Hannah Tetteh says they want to have everybody on board, in reaching a decision on the pact.

The head of the European Union Delegation, William Hannah says there it's an alternative for Ghana if it fails to sign the agreement  by October 1.

Ghana, together other ECOWAS, last year agreed to sign the EPA, but a few months down the line, Nigeria has indicated it will  not sign the pact, forcing Ghana to break ranks to take a decision on the issue.

The European Union  has agreed to commit  about €6.5 billion, to assist country's that will sign the agreement.

Some local businesses that export to the EU market have argued that more than 3000 workers in the could lose their jobs if Ghana fails to sign the agreement by October.