{"id":412630,"date":"2017-08-25T09:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T09:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/25\/komenda-sugar-factory-is-like-a-poultry-without-birds\/"},"modified":"2017-08-25T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T09:50:48","slug":"komenda-sugar-factory-is-like-a-poultry-without-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/25\/komenda-sugar-factory-is-like-a-poultry-without-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Komenda sugar factory is like a poultry without birds’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Komenda-Edina-Equafo-Abirem (KEEA) Municipality has likened one of the main acclaimed achievements of the erstwhile John Mahama administration, the Komenda Sugar Factory to a poultry with no birds.<\/p>\n

Commissioned seven months to a crucial election by former President John Dramani Mahama, the Komenda Sugar factory became a sour point of controversy over its viability after some traditional pomp.<\/p>\n

Then opposition, NPP described it as a vote-buying ploy and one that would produce more propaganda than sugar.<\/p>\n

But the Mahama government stayed the course, defending the project touted to create 7,000 direct and indirect jobs in one of Ghana\u2019s poorest regions, the Central region.<\/p>\n

It was explained, 60% of the needed sugarcane will bought from farmers within the catchment area and 40% will be supplied by the company\u2019s own farms which had reached nursery stage.<\/p>\n

After pushing out some sugar, the factory inaugurated on May 30, 2016 was shut down by June 24. A move explained as routine maintenance.<\/p>\n

A promise to get the factory operation in October was postponed to November until a change in government in December ended any further assurances from the Mahama administration.<\/p>\n

The NPP upon assumption of power, the MCE said also came to meet a white elephant in Komenda called sugar factory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe factory is like a poultry or hen coop without birds\u2026there is no farm to feed it because they (previous administration) didn\u2019t provide the farm for the harvesting of the sugarcane to produce the sugar,\u201d he said on Adom FM\u2019s Morning Show, \u2018Dwaso Nsem\u2019 on Friday.<\/p>\n

The problems facing the factory, he said, started from the commissioning as it couldn\u2019t produce sugar for commercial purposes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was problem even with the test run, it couldn\u2019t produce even a handful full of sugar or sugar that can be tasted with the finger\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The MCE of KEEA, has however called on his people not to lose hope as according to him, the NPP government has a plan in place to ensure that the factory starts operating.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NPP government will do all in its power to make the factory work again\u2026I will appeal to the people of KEEA to exercise some restraints as the government is putting in place measures to revive the factory and it will start working by a year\u2019s time\u2026,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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