Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says about 79 projects under the government’s One-district One-factory (1D 1F) programme are expected to be rolled out by the close of the year.
The Veep made this revelation at the second stakeholders’ conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in Accra on Thursday, November 29, 2018.
He sais all the projects were at the various stages of implementation.
He said 35 others were currently undergoing credit appraisal to enable them to receive financial support for implementation.
About One district, one factory
The 'One district, one factory' is a Government of Ghana policy.
It is aimed at creating jobs for Ghanaians through the setting up of factories and industries which will in turn move the country towards greater industrialization.
The policy was first introduced to Ghanaians in 2016 as part of manifesto of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. The programme received a boost on January 13, 2018, with the commissioning of Twyford Ceramics factory by President Nana Akufo-Addo at Shama District in the Western region. The ceramics factory which is into the production and distribution of tiles is estimated at the cost of $77.26 million and will operate at a designed production capacity of 14.4 million square meters per year with annual sales projected to be $82.8 million.
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