{"id":223987,"date":"2016-06-20T18:45:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=223987"},"modified":"2016-06-20T18:45:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:45:33","slug":"enter-title-here-were-already-building-factories-govt-replies-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/enter-title-here-were-already-building-factories-govt-replies-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re already building factories – Gov’t replies Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pooh-poohed a promise by the Flagbearer of the opposition\u00a0New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo, to establish one factory in each of the 216 districts of the country, saying such factories are already under construction to employ Ghanaians and make their lives better.<\/p>\n
Speaking in the Central Region as part of a 5-day tour of the region, the NPP flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, said his government would establish a factory in each of the 216 districts as part of plans to industrialize the economy.<\/p>\n
But the Communications Minister, Dr. Omane Boamah, also speaking at a town hall meeting in Cape Coast in the Central Region, said the NDC administration is already constructing factories\u00a0for the benefit of all Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Mahama is not waiting for the 2016 elections to be over to begin to spread factories across the length and breadth of the nation. I have spoken about the Komenda Sugar Factory, the Fish processing factory in Elmina, the Kumasi Shoe Factory, the Fertilizer factory that is coming on board and the ceramics and tiles factory that is also taking place at the free zones enclave in the Western Region. All these have jobs associated with them and all of them are creating direct and indirect jobs,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n
He further stated that, government had already initiated processes to create more factories which will subsequently lead to the creation of more jobs for the unemployed youth, ahead of the November polls.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we speak now, we have been told that the second FPSO is also being fast-tracked and may be in earlier than anticipated. What this means is that, together with the Jubilee Fields, the TEN fields and the Sankofa fields we are going to have a minimum of 300 million standard cubic feet of gas a day, which will ensure that more power is made available. This power is not just going to be consumed in our homes, but also feed industries, and that is where President Mahama hinges his integrated aluminum industry on the investment in our gas fields, because you need significant amount of power to take care of [industries such as ] Valco.”<\/p>\n
NPP\u2019s \u20181 district, 1 factory\u2019 makes no sense \u2013 Murtala Mohammed<\/strong><\/p>\n The Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has also laughed off the<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>NPP\u2019s promise of establishing factories in every district.<\/p>\n