The Central Regional Minister has expressed his worrying and disappointment on the current state of the Komenda Suger Factory established by the NDC administration in 2016 to create employment for Ghanaians.

Visiting the Facility,by the Central Regional Minister,Minister of Trade,Industry and Agribusiness,Chiefs from the Komenda and other stakeholders,The Central Regional Minister Hon.Ekow Panyin Eduamoah Okyere shows his disappointments and worrying about the abandoned Suger Factory.

According to him,the only thing he can see after inspecting the factory is rooting metals and abandoned equipment, and he blames the NPP government for causing financial loss to the nation by allowing such huge Factory to rot in the bush.

Central Regional Minister, Ekow Panyin then promised to have the concerns of sugarcane farmers properly addressed as government plans to revitalize the factory.

He said, “a special variety of high yielding sugarcane will be provided for farmers to grow.”

MP for the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Constituency, Samuel Atta Mills, assured that youth unemployment in the area will be addressed when the factory becomes operational.

“Almost all our youth are outside. It is either they are in Takoradi or Accra or even outside the country looking for jobs while we have this factory here that can provide at least 7,500 jobs. We built it, and we are going to make sure that it works for the people of Komenda,” he observed.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Trade,Industry and Agribusiness Hon.Elizabeth Ofosu Adjare also said the Komenda Sugar Factory to be part of 24-hour economy with over 7,500 jobs creation

Spraking in an interview with Ghone news Yaw Boagyan she said,the Government intends to operationalize the Komenda Sugar Factory soon with the aim of providing about 7,500 jobs.

According to the Minister for Trade, Industry and Agribusiness, Elizabeth Ofosu Adjare, who paid a visit to the factory to assess its current state and obtain firsthand information on matters that are hindering the progress of the factory, government has a special interest in ensuring that the factory resumes its sugar production from sugarcane grown locally.

“We’ll start planting sugarcane, crashing it, and making sugar from here,” she announced on February 26.

The Minister also expressed disappointment in the current state of the factory.

“This is a huge factory that has been allowed to run down, unfortunately. And this is this nation’s asset, and we really want to bring it up to work,” Mrs Adjare assured.

According to her, the factory “will be one of the 24-hour Economy factories” and pledged to liaise with other stakeholders to ensure that the factory becomes operational according to the “instructions of President Mahama”.

She promised to do her best to bring back the factory into existence as she promised during her vetting.

Source :Yaw Boagyan