A Social Commentator and Executive Director of Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), Bismark Adongo Ayorogo has rubbished the government’s communication that it is furthering the course of industrialization through its One District One Factory (1D1F) Policy.
Mr. Adongo Ayorogo said the idea that the supposed factories listed under the 1D1F could lead Ghana’s industrialization drive is laughable and pitiable. He continued to say that the government’s misunderstanding of what a factory is, is worrying and could continue to retard the growth of the economy.
Speaking on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East, Mr. Adongo Ayorogo admitted that no country can develop through the export of raw materials alone, the reason he was excited when the government introduced the 1D1F policy. He said he assumed that the factories to be cited at the various MMDAs would match the size and processing output of those set up by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Without mincing words, he described the current ‘factories’ as a sham and pale comparison of what actual factories should look like.
Mr Adongo Ayorogo said he thought the government would have taken advantage of the already existing Pwalugu Tomato Factory, the meat factory and the Rice Milling factory in the Upper East Region, renovated them and expanded their processing base to accommodate more raw materials.
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Citing an example, he said the current administration’s definition of a factory of when a few women gather and are able to process groundnuts into locals snacks such as ‘kulikuli’.
He urged the government to rethink its position on the factories and commit more resources to build factories that can actually be counted as factories.
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