President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council to work together with the North Ea
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed satisfaction with the work done so far on the construction of a GH¢36 million watermelon juice factory, being established in Walewale in the North East Region.
Touring the facility on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021, at the commencement of his 2-day tour of the North East Region, President Akufo-Addo visited Champion Foods and Beverages Limited, a wholly-owned Ghanaian beverage manufacturing, distribution and marketing company.
The President was informed that the company is employing the use of PET line technology, as compared to the Tetra Packs technology, and it is being financed with a facility from the Ghana EXIM Bank.
With minor construction works to be undertaken, President Akufo-Addo was informed that the overall project is 90% complete, with offices and staff accommodation at 80% completion, and plant, equipment, and machinery all on site ready to be installed.
Full operationalisation of the factory has been deferred to March 2022, with the company having installed a 10-metric-tonne-per-hour facility.
It is expected that, upon completion, the company will create direct employment opportunities for 300 Ghanaians and over 2,000 indirect workers, including farmers and aggregators, to be engaged in an out-grower scheme, covering parts of North East, Northern and other Regions of the country.
1D1F TAMANA RICE FACTORY
The President also visited Tamanaa Company Ltd., a rice farming and processing company located in Nasia near Walewale, which is also operating under Government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative.
As a result of the support received from the government, the company has been able to expand its operations, by adding a 250-metric ton per day rice milling facility, to its already existing 40 metric ton per day plant.
So far, some 148 workers have been employed, with the company generating a turnover of some $1.5 million annually. The company markets 60% of its rice as parboiled and the remaining 40% as non-parboiled under the brand name Nasia Star Rice.
Tamanaa company currently engages over 4,000 rice farmers and aggregators operating in the West Mamprusi, East Mamprusi, Savulugu, Nanton and Mamprugu-Moagduri Districts.
st Regional Coordinating Council to resolve the boundary dispute between the two regions.
The two regions share boundaries at the western side of the North East Region, where the Lukula community in late 2019 went up in flames over boundary disputes.
The North East Regional Minister, Yidana Zakaria called on stakeholders to amicably resolve the conflict to ensure total peace in the area.
Reacting to the call, President Akufo-Addo who is on a two-day official visit to the North East Region said it is important that an amicable solution is found to the matter as soon as possible.
“We know unfortunately that, in our country, many of the conflicts that we have in Ghana are related to inland and chieftaincy disputes. So, as quickly as possible, the Regional Coordinating Councils and the Regional Security Councils of the two regions with the support of the Land Commission and the chiefs to find an amicable settlement and permanently demarcate the boundaries of the two regions.”
On the first day of the president’s tour of the North East Region, he visited factories and projects initiated by the NPP government.
After calling on the overlord of the area, the president visited the construction of the North East Coordinating Council, which is 95% complete, together with staff bungalows and other departments.
The president later visited Walewale Watermelon Factory as well as the rice factory under the 1D1F initiative.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com
