The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress has promised not to abandon President Nana Akufo-Addo’s projects if voted into office in 2020. Speaking in a Facebook live video, John Mahama said a potential NDC government would complete all the projects although they would revise them if necessary.
On the government’s flagship One District One Factory policy, Mr. Mahama said if voted into power, his government would complete the projects once there is evidence of the factories existing. “We can’t even see the factories,” he slammed, adding despite the government’s claim of many of the factories being completed, there is little proof of such.
He said his government would not put up factories in every district just for the sake of scoring political points. “What we would do is to set up what we call staple processing zones,” he said.
Explaining the initiative, Mahama said his government would access communities and table these staple processing zones specific to the crops grown in the community. He said if there are two Districts who typically grow the same crop, a factory would not be put in both Districts just for political points but these processing zones would be used to buy the farmers’ produce and add value to them. President Nana Akufo-Addo and his appointees have, meanwhile, been lauding the success of the ‘1D1F’.
Recently, Ekumfi Pineapple Factory in the Central Region started producing pineapple juice which are available on the market. The factory was the first to be started under the programme in 2017.
Speaking at the last media encounter for 2019, President Akufo-Addo said 58 factories are operational under the 1D1F. This, Mahama dismissed, arguing some of the listed factories were in operation before the advent of the 1D1F policy.
He said the government’s justification of offering financial assistance to the said factories is not tenable.
Source: JFM/Ghana
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@ KOFI FOFIE & KK. MAHAMA DID NOT PROMISE FACTORIES BUT ABLE TO BUILD SUGAR FACTORY. HE PROMISE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS WHICH HE DELIVER.
YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED UHAS IN THE VOLTA REGION WITHOUT ANY FACILITIES PUT IN PLACE, BUT JUST TO WIN POWER. YOUR INCOMPETENT BLINDS YOU.
This man and his party have no ideas and plans for Ghana. A party in power does something and instead of you cringing other innovations to the country , you are thinking of reviewing their policies left and right. Now from FREE SHS review, you are coming to review 1D1F. O my God, NDC does not have any plans for the growth of Ghana. They think managing a nation is a joke.
Mr President could you show us how many of the staple processing zone factories you built in your time?Or you just realized that factories could be built in districts and you want to "review" the policy?The government published 58 of such 1D1F and has started inaugulating them.We want to see your list and locations as the government did. 2020 election is about performance.No empty talks.
This John Mahama guy really believes that Ghanaians have short memories. He talks as if NDC's 8 years in power never occurred, and that all this while NPP has been in power, and NDC is now hoping to come and correct the wrongs that NPP is doing. You are talking of if elected you will build factories blah blah... At least tell us what you did about such factories in the 8 years you were in power, then you can talk of improving on that. All you are doing is piggybacking on NPP's ideas.
John Mahama, please share with Ghanaians the number of factories the NDC built between 2009 to 2017. By so doing Ghanaians will know your potential of building staple potential zones.