Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay has revealed that the Komenda sugar factory has not produced any sugar from fresh sugarcane since its inception.
He disclosed that contrary to claims by the previous John Dramani Mahama-led administration that the factory produced some bags of sugar; the said sugar which was exhibited to Ghanaians was derived from semi-finished products which the government purchased for showcase.
“The sugar you tasted at that time; the government of Ghana bought semi-processed sugar, part of it was used to process and that is part of what you tasted. We have never put cane sugar through the full system of the Komenda Sugar Factory,” Mr Ahomka-Lindsay said when he appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Friday, August 11,2017.
Parliament in November 2016 approved a $24.5 million loan facility for a sugar cane and irrigation project to feed the Komenda Sugar Factory after it was shut down some few days after its grand commissioning.
However, Mr Ahomka-Lindsay explained the NPP government is currently working hard to get the factory operational because the variety of sugarcane which was procured for the nursery does not contain adequate amounts of sugar for commercial production.
Mr Ahomka-Lindsay also added that government currently owes the contractors who worked on the factory to the tune of seven million dollars.
Source: classfmonline.com
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the stuuuuupid ex-prez, john mahama and his equallly foooooooolish NDC parliament took a loan (with interest) to set up this stuuuuuuuuuuuuuppppid factory even though everything pointed to the fact that it will not meet the expected viability. Now, we have to pay the debts and interests on this foooooooooolish venture. Mahama is the most foooooooooolish and eddddddddddddiotic guy to ever become president. Ghanaians must NEVER ever VOTE foooooooolishly for NDC people again. Nkwassssshia fuor.
fii, you are quite a bigg foooooool, aren't you? Are you saying that because of the diaspora debacle, this issue is not true? What about the many obvious lies of John Mahama which made some (edddiotic) Ghanaians still vote for him? Stop being a ffffffuuuuuuuuuuul, take your head out of your exrement-laden assssss and endeavor to be wise even thoug you obviously will NEVER have more IQ than a magggggggggotttt.
I pray government is able to put things in place to get the factory running so that some Ghanaians will get jobs and we also cut down our sugar imports. Sad that up to now we don't find Komenda sugar on the market. So after first sugar what happened? Was it probably to pull a fast one over our eyes?
Who is going believed you. You are the same man who insulted Ghanaians of the diaspora of whining, so how would I believe this concocted story of yours. If this is true it could have been out long ago.
John Mahama is a cr0.0ck.... He has mislead the whole country. Why then did he go to commisioned that project for?