{"id":346895,"date":"2017-08-22T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=346895"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:50:58","slug":"one-district-one-factory-ekumfi-pineapple-factory-opens-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/one-district-one-factory-ekumfi-pineapple-factory-opens-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"One-District-One-Factory: Ekumfi pineapple factory opens on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
The president will open the first factory under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s, One-district-One factory program on Friday.<\/p>\n
This is according to the party’s National Youth Organizer of the party,\u00a0Sammy Awuku.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Awuku, a pineapple processing factory will be commissioned by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region on Friday, August 25, 2017.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”RZTHHIhw4vSq04onPUInaLrwUHb336Xq”]Two others, he mentioned are at different stages of completion and will be commissioned in due course by the president.<\/p>\n
The commissioning will also be the formal launch of the implementation of the policy which the NPP believes will actualize the industrialization drive of Ghana.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong> in Takoradi over the weekend, Mr. Awuku noted that government is ready to fulfill his promises.<\/p>\n He said \u201cthis week, President Akufo-Addo will be cutting sod for the commencement of the one district one factory with the first factory in Ekumfi on Friday.”<\/p>\n “It is a pineapple juice factory. We also have one of the factories ready at Twifo Ati-Morkwa district which the president in due course will cut sod for its commencement. It is a toothpick producing factory. We also have one fruit juice base factory in the Assin District. So we are moving, not even with the speed of light, but I think the government has demonstrated that it is ready to move beyond the comfort zone,” he added.<\/p>\n The NPP in its 2016 Manifesto promised of building one factory in each of the 216 districts across the country.<\/p>\n These factories will be built relative to the district\u2019s endowed resources and capacity to particularly provide jobs for the people.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The president will open the first factory under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s, One-district-One factory program on Friday. This is according to the party’s National Youth Organizer of the party,\u00a0Sammy Awuku. According to Mr. Awuku, a pineapple processing factory will be commissioned by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo in the Ekumfi District of the Central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[736,10405,3,3383,831],"yoast_head":"\n