NDC Atta Mills MP worries about continued closure of Komenda sugar refinery

Komada-Edina-Eguafo-Abream MP (KEEA), National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP Dr. Samuel Atta Mills, expressed his disappointment at the continued closure of Komenda Sugar Factory and Elmina Fish Factory of transformation created by the previous government

The deputy urges the government to start work on the Komenda sugar factory and on the Elmina processing plant in order to reduce unemployment in the municipality and the region Central.

Komenda Sugar Factory, created under the former government of President Kwame Nkrumah, disappeared in the 1980s due to inadequate financing and bad policies

. As a result, on August 19, 2014, former President John Dramani Mahama a loan facility of $ 35 million from the Government of India to reorganize the collapsed plant intended for the production of high sugar quality for domestic consumption and export. [19659002CanadianChangeGovernmentCommissionerKomendaandElminaFishProcessingPlantshavebecomewhiteelephants

At the end of the Edina Bakatue festival where thousands of people from all walks of life went to the forecourt of Elmina Castle as a witness to the festival, MyNewsGh.com reporter, Hajia Asana Gordon, said that the MP deplored the government's attitude towards these projects aimed at creating jobs.

Atta Mills pointed out that if the sugar is constantly being produced at the Komenda sugar factory and the Elmina fish processing plant is operational, it will generate revenue for the municipality.

He declares that the fishermen's season is fast approaching. "At least the fishermen of the KEEA can survive during the ban on fishing activities if Komenda's sugar factory and the Elmina's fish processing plant are working," he said.

Omanhen of the traditional Edina area, Nana Kodwo Condua VI hinted that the future of the Komenda sugar factory of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry would make that young people looking for a job decide what to do next .

War with the chiefs and locals of Elmina and asked the Department of Fisheries to provide them with a defense wall against the sea.