set to begin production in April, the report had revealed. “The Indian contractors and the technical people in charge, will complete the remaining civil works by the end of March. Consequently, all outstanding works will be completed by April for proper production to begin,” President Akufo-Addo told a delegation from the Komenda Traditional Council during a call on him at the Jubilee House in Accra.
“This sugar factory has become a very prominent issue. We all heard some people say they have completed it, yet there was no sugar to show for it. It’s been a back-and-forth issue. Now, we all can attest to the fact that it has now been set on a progressive path, therefore we can all hope that by April, the technical operators will tick all the boxes for production to begin,” the Ghanaian leader added.
He went on to assure the delegation that necessary measures have been taken to ensure the factory will always have the required raw materials to function. “I am reliably informed that negotiations are underway for a 20,000 acre sugarcane plantation at Wassa -Fiase to feed the factory, as the initial 5000 acres have been massively encroached upon with portions of same allocated for the construction of a university, and the individual farmer production from the out-growers,” President Akufo-Addo said.
He also recalled requests made by the late chief of the Komenda Traditional Council for the construction of a 200-capacity Landing Beach and a concrete bridge which connects British Komenda and Dutch Komenda. The government had responded positively to these requests as well.
