The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the GH¢6.7 million Sefwi Akontombra rice processing factory which is expected to create 118 jobs.
This includes management professionals, factory floor workers, and plantation workers who will work on a nuclear rice farm.
In addition, over 600 farmers from Sefwi Akontombra District and neighboring communities will be directly engaged to supply paddy rice for processing.
The rice factory is a state-of-the-art rice facility, with the capacity to produce between 1.5 and 2.8 tonnes of processed rice per hour. The processing plants installed at the factory include modern parboiling, milling, and packaging plants.
It has a standby generator plant and a mechanized borehole to supply the facility with water. It also has a fully furnished office accommodation for staff, a conference room, laboratory and a canteen/kitchen.
The Sefwi Akontombra Rice Factory was constructed under the 1-District-1-Factory Common User Facility (CUF), which is an agro-industrial factory established by the Rural Enterprises Programme (REP) under the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com /Kofi Atakora
