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I’m Not Foolish To Set-Up Komenda Sugar Factory Without Plans For Raw Materials – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has faulted the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of failing to to operationalise the Komenda Sugar Factory.
The factory was commissioning in 2016 to revive the local production of sugar, thereby reducing the importation of the commodity, however it has failed to serve its purpose and is currently rusting away.
The NPP says that John Mahama failed to make arrangements for the provision of raw materials before proceeding to establish the factory.
Reacting to it in an interview on Cape FM in the Central Region as part of his ‘thank you’ tour on Friday, Mr Mahama said that the current government has deliberately purposed against applying for the funds.
“The Indian government offered to assist us with the project. We were to set up the factory first and later apply for a $24 million support for sugar cultivation from the Indian government. When this current government was elected, they indicated that the project was not among their priorities. Therefore, they didn’t apply for the funds,” he said.
“I’m not that foolish to set up a factory and have no plan for the provision of raw materials. I knew what the vision was. It was to get the raw materials first, and when we start production, we would have already had a processing plant,” he added.
