KSF: Ghana Doesn't Need This Shambolic Deceptive Fan Fare - Kwamena Duncan

Central Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwamena Duncan has cast shreds of doubt over President John Mahama's commission of the Komenda Sugar Factory to function. The Komenda Sugar Factory at Komenda in the Central Region was commissioned by the President for domestic use and export. President John Mahama reportedly announced that the factory will pay GHC 60 per ton of sugar cane for processing at the factory. The commencement of the Komenda Sugar Factory is also geared towards creating over 7000 jobs and further save the country $300 million. But speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo, Kwamena Duncan shared contrary views that the factory would help the Ghanaian citizenry, particularly by creating jobs. According to him, the foundation for the project to work has already been broken by the government because payment of 60 cedis to motivate people into sugar cane plantation is a major disincentive. Though the factory will depend primarily on sugar cane production, Kwamena Duncan believes the plantation has been extinct over years; hence the factory may face challenges producing sugar and other commodities for export. He noted that the factory can be sustained when there are sugar cane farmers but paying them 60 cedis per ton of sugar cane will not give the sector a boost. “Already the foundation is broken even before we proceed because there can never be an incentive in this pricing. There can never be an incentive in this. The President has already announced it; GHC 60 per ton…You ask yourself what thought processes went into this. How did he arrive at the GHC 60 per ton and you think that this will be incentive enough for people to get into the sugar cane plantation…and to get the factory sustained?” To him, the Mahama government has already failed the nation adding that they cannot revamp the factory as it should. Ghanaians, he stated, need "somebody who will come and manage the economy in such a way that there will be availability of jobs. Not this type of shambolic deceptive type of lets go and do it in a fan fare way…when indeed the real effect is nothing. It’s zero.”

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana