{"id":607416,"date":"2019-04-12T22:48:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n2019-04-12\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/14443"},"modified":"2019-04-12T22:48:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:48:17","slug":"why-devalue-35m-komenda-sugar-factory-to-12m-atta-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/why-devalue-35m-komenda-sugar-factory-to-12m-atta-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Why devalue $35m Komenda Sugar Factory to $12m? \u2013 Atta Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/14443753.295.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel Mills Atta Mills\" title=\"Samuel Mills Atta Mills\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Atta Mills<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Member of Parliament for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Constituency, Mr Samuel Atta Mills, has expressed anger over what he says is the devaluation of the $35-million Komenda Sugar Factory to $12 million by the government of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The factory was revamped and inaugurated by the erstwhile Mahama administration in 2016 and closed down in June of the same year and has since remained dormant.<\/p>\n<p>The Akufo-Addo government has cited a number of reasons for the factory\u2019s dormancy, including an improper implementation plan and insufficient raw materials to feed the plant, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The brother of late President John Evans Atta Mills wondered how, within a year, the value of the factory could plummet by $23 million as plans are afoot to hand it over to a strategic investor by close of April 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In Mr Mills\u2019 view, the Auditor-General and the Special Prosecutor&#8217;s office must investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot sit down for these things to happen. If somebody was to steal two goats and a chicken, we all know how many years this person will get [in jail], but I am basing my conclusion on this: that if it is true that it has been valued at $12 million, we need to be very worried in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should it always be on acquiring wealth in illegal ways?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 12 April 2019 Source: classfmonline.com 2019-04-12 Samuel Atta Mills The Member of Parliament for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Constituency, Mr Samuel Atta Mills, has expressed anger over what he says is the devaluation of the $35-million Komenda Sugar Factory to $12 million by the government of Ghana. 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