Ransford Chatman Vanni-Amoah, a former member of the Komenda Sugar Project Management Board has pointed fingers at the government for delayed operationalization of the sugar factory in the Central Region.
It comes after the Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah reportedly accused the Minority of hampering a tax waiver request in Parliament for the Komenda Sugar Development Company Limited to import semi-processed sugar into the country to make the factory operational.
The Minister is said to have communicated this to the Komenda Traditional Council during a visit to the area and appealed for their intervention to engage the minority.
Mr Vanni-Amoah in a statement dismissed the statement as lies, noting there isn’t such a waiver before Parliament.
“I want to unequivocally state that he deliberately lied to the Chiefs of Komenda Traditional Area. There is nothing before Parliament as far as the Komenda Sugar Factory is concerned.”
Meanwhile, he noted that the importation of raw materials is imprudent as it would impoverish the local farmers and the youth.
“That strategy is contrary to the rationale behind that factory’s establishment of import substitution.”
Additionally, he said the government is rather responsible for the delayed functioning of the factory and in turn, causing financial loss to the state.
“The NPP Government has no plan to make the sugar factory operational, but to keep deceiving the people of the area and gives excuses since it assumed office.”
Source: Opesuo