The plant is to facilitate the assembly of more mobile phones and to provide more jobs for the youth.
The Chief Executive Officer and acting Chairman of AGAMS Group, Mr. Roland Agambire, in a speech said the move by rlg is to harness the potential of the youth in line with the theme of the commissioning: “Economic Empowerment: Generating sustainable employment for the youth through investment in Applied ICT,’’
He said the time has come for the Ghanaians to patronise locally made products.
According to him, the unappeasable love for foreign products has pushed young entrepreneurs in Kumasi to import made in Italy stickers for their products like shoes in order to be able to make sales.
He said the ultra modern manufacturing plant will use the by-product of down-stream oil industry as the main input in their assembly.
The plant will incorporate the establishment of first class technological research centre to train and export technological expertise to the rest of the world and employ over 30,000 youth under the ICT module of National Youth Employment Policy.
The Minister of Education, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, commended the company for the commissioning.
She reiterated the important role that Information Communication Technology (ICT) is to education and the development of the country.
She also believed the setting up of the plant will go a long way to providing jobs for the youth.
“I would like to throw a challenge to the management of rlg to come up with a proposal for the production of affordable, but durable laptops with flexible financing schemes to help in the realization of the vision of His Excellency.
“We are also hopeful that rlg will consider the use of various local places of interests as wall papers and screen savers to help promote tourism in the country. To support the teaching and preservation of our rich culture heritage, we encourage rlg to have computers and other gadgets that translate materials in English language into the various Ghanaian Languages.’’
Source: Benedicta Anane/Myjoyonline.com
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RLG commissions new assembly plant