The inhabitants of Birim Central enrolled in 1D1F

Regional News from Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Source: GNA

2019-04-10

The Birim Central Municipal Assembly and the Business Advisory Center sensitized residents of the municipality to the "One District, One Factory" initiative during a consultation day in Oda, Eastern Region.

Participants included; the media, department heads and members of small businesses.

Mr. Selorm Klingo, from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Koforidua, told the people that the One District, One Factory was one of the government's flagship initiatives aimed at expanding the country's industrial base and to help reduce unemployment.

He said, "The program aims to establish at least one factory or business in each of the country's 216 districts to create economic growth that will accelerate the development of these regions and create jobs for young people. "

Mr. Klingo stated that each of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies should form District Implementation Teams, which would be responsible for the implementation of the initiative at the distribution level.

Participants in the meeting expressed concerns about the constitution and functionality of the implementation teams as well as the financial cost of preparing a commercial proposal and called on the authorities to prepare a proposal. examine again.

Mr. Kwame Amponsah, Deputy Director of Coordination of the Birim Central Municipal Assembly, who represented the Director General of the Municipality, badured participants that their concerns would be conveyed to the appropriate authorities for their consideration. in consideration.

Mr. Richard Mongson, municipal manager of the Business Advisory Center and moderator of the program, said the meeting aimed to eliminate the difficulties of understanding the initiative.