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President Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Bodukwan multi-fruit processing factory, a project operating under the government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative.
The fruit processing plant, which has an installed capacity of seventy-two (72) metric tons per day, will process seven (7) varieties of fruits and vegetables, including mango, pineapple, watermelon and tomatoes in concentrates for export and use. of the domestic market.
Starting the factory on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, on Day 2 of his 3-day tour of the Ashanti region, the president told the meeting, which included Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, that the initiative One District One Factory (1D1F) is in compliance with a 2016 campaign promise, which aims to establish, together with the private sector, at least one industrial company in each of the administrative districts of the country.
He took the opportunity of the ceremony to mention some of the 1D1F factories he has personally visited, as part of his regional tours since 2018, including the Ekumfi Fruit Juice Factory in Ekumfi District; Kasapreko Beverages Limited in Kwadaso Municipal; Birim Oil Mills Limited in Kwaebibirem Municipal; Casa de Ropa Limited in the Gomoa West district; Motor King at Tamale Metro; Leefound Company Limited in the Ningo Prampram district; and Springs & Bolts Limited in Asokwa Municipal.
The others are Keda Ceramics Limited in Shama Township; Agroprocessing Atebubu-Amantin in Atebubu Amantin Municipal; Weddi Africa Limited in Berekum Municipal; Best Fertilizer Company Limited in Asante Akim South Municipal; Rhovanni Royale Limited in Tano South; Rider Iron and Steel Ghana Limited at Asante Akim Central Municipal; Vester Oil Mills in the Bosomtwe District; and Agro Africa Limited in Asante Akim South Municipal.
President Akufo-Addo added that, at present, there are seventy-six 1D1F companies that are operational and have generated job opportunities for more than one hundred and forty thousand (140,000) people throughout the country.
One hundred seven (107) projects, he emphasized, are under construction and are expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2021.
The President congratulated Otumfuo Asantehene, the EXIM Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for their collaboration in the establishment of the GH ¢ 45 million project, which is expected to provide direct employment to more than one hundred (100) people and generate at less one thousand (1,000) indirect job opportunities, particularly for young people in this area.
The factory promoters, Bodukwan Holdings, have already established 600 acres of mango plantation and intend to source the required additional raw materials from outsourced growers in Ashanti, Eastern, Volta, Bono East, Bono and the Ahafo region.
He urged the management of Bodukwan Holdings to take advantage of various government interventions such as planting for food and employment and the incentives available to all 1D1F companies under his management.
