Flagbearer of the NPP has commissioned a GHC50 million watermelon factory at Walewale in the North East Region.
The watermelon factory, according to Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will create 800 direct jobs and 8000 indirect jobs.
Commissioning the factory on November 22, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said so far, over 150 factories have been built under the ‘One district, One factory’ initiative.
The watermelon factory is expected to help address unemployment in the area.
“Today, under ‘One district, One factory’, we have completed over one hundred and fifty factories in Ghana, and one of the factories that we have completed is the Walewale watermelon processing factory. I remember when we started, there were a lot of doubt whether we will be able to deliver this factory. In fact, only a few weeks ago, one of the members of the opposition party in this constituency said, we have put up an empty container, and it was not a factory. Today, I will like him to come and inspect the factory himself,” Dr Bawumia challenged.
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam indicated that, the government has ensured strong macro-economic stability in the country.
“The Ghanaian economy has come back to life following the difficulties we faced in the last three years. The indicators are improving by the day and now we want to focus on growth, economic growth, which has also demonstrated that the economy has recovered strongly,” he asserted.
Dr Adam explained that “Last year, we were supposed to grow at 1.5%. We grew at 2.9%. Half this year, we were supposed to grow at 3.1%, we grew at 5.8%, more than the real GDP growth we recorded in 2019 by 0.5%.”
Source: 3news.com
