Citizen Watch Ghana, a national think tank, has expressed deep worries over what it says is government’s inability to establish a single factory under the 1D1F (‘One District, One Factory’) programme in the Volta Region.
“We can’t understand why the government and the 1D1F coordinating unit have abandoned the Volta region, although the industry potentials in the region are huge”, says Elikem Agbenyega, Coordinator for Citizen Watch Ghana.
According to Agbenyega, the construction of a sweet potato factory in Tsito has been halted for some time now, even as there is huge sweet potato cultivation underway. The region prides itself with commodities such as avocado, cocoa, ginger, lemon grass and cassava but has been exempted from the “national cake”, adding that it is critical that the Volta region be the next focus as it equally has growth potentials like the other regions.
According to Agbenyega, the government must provide credit support for the private sector through the Exim Bank Ghana or direct credit from the government through the Ministry of Finance for the construction of these factories in the region. He expressed the need for the government to provide subsidy under the 1D1F program so the businesses become more competitive on both local and international markets.
According to graphic.com.gh¸ he also called on the government to do the needful by constructing road networks in the Districts which would lead to these factories
Source : www.freshplaza.com
