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1D1F : President Probe Walewale Watermelon Juice And Rice Factory

1D1F : President Probe Walewale Watermelon Juice And Rice Factory

  • Category: General
  • Date 23-06-2021

The president Nana Akufo Addo has expressed satisfaction with work undertaken on the construction of¢36 million watermelon juice factory, being established at Walewale in the North East Region.

The president commencing His two day tour on Tuesday at the North East Region, he visited champion Foods and Beverages Limited, a wholy-owned Ghanaian beverage manufacturing, distributing and marketing company.

At the Factory, the President was informed that the company is employing the use of PET line technology as compared to the Tetra packs technology and it is being financed with a facility from the Ghana EXIM Bank.

President Akufo Addo was also informed that concerning the minor construction works to be undertaken, the overall project is 90% complete with Offices and Staff accommodation at 80% completion and plant equipment and machinery all on-site ready to be installed.

Full operationalisation of the factory has been deferred to March 2022, with the company having installed 10 metric tonnes per hour facility.
Therefore it is expected that, upon completion, the Company will create direct employment opportunities for 300 Ghanaians and over 2000 indirect workers including farmers and aggregators to be engaged in an out-grower scheme, covering parts of the North East and Northern and other Regions of the Country.

The President also visited Tamanaa Company Limited, a rice farming and processing company located at Nasia near Walewale, which is also operating under Government’s one-District one-Factory initiative.

As a result the support received from the Government, the Company has been able to expand its operations by adding a 250-metric ton per day rice milling facility to it’s already existing 40 metric ton per day plant.

Currently, 148 workers have been employed with the company generating a turnover of some $1.5 million annually. The company markets 60% of it’s rice as parboiled and 40% as non-parboiled under the brand name Nasia Star Rice.

Tamanaa company currently engages over 4,000 rice farmers and aggregators operating in West Manprusi, East Mamprusi, Savulugu, Nanton and Mamprugu-Moagduri Districts.

 

Source: www.kantankatv.com

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