Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader
Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has criticised the current administration’s handling of Ghana’s industrial agenda, accusing President John Dramani Mahama’s government of betraying the country’s path to industrialisation and crippling job creation efforts.
According to him, the government’s decision to abandon the flagship One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative represents a “betrayal of industrialisation” and a direct blow to the hopes of thousands of Ghanaians seeking employment.
“The President pledged in January to implement a 24-hour economy, I quote, ‘to stimulate local industries and attract investment.’ But instead of building upon the 1D1F initiative, a bold, pragmatic program that used tax incentives to ignite industrialisation across Ghana, the government of President Mahama has shelved it,” Afenyo-Markin stated during a press briefing on May 8, 2025.
He further warned of the negative consequences resulting from the policy shift.
“The government has discarded it, abandoned it, and killed it. Factories that were planned under the previous administration now sit idle. Investment plans have stalled,” he added.
Afenyo-Markin also cautioned that the government’s actions are undermining investor confidence saying, “The message to investors in our economy is loud and clear: You are not safe here anymore.”
The 1D1F initiative, launched under the Akufo-Addo administration, aimed to transform Ghana’s economy through decentralised industrialisation, with the promise of establishing a factory in every district to spur job creation and economic growth.
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