Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations Bright Wireko-Brobby has said the One District One Factory Initiative is expected to generate 2,228,866 direct and indirect jobs
He said with 181 factories under the One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative at various stages of completion whilst 58 are already operational, more jobs will be created soon.
Honorable Bright Wireko-Brobby said this in Parliament during discussion on 2020 State of the Nation’s Address.
The current government under the able leadership of H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo seeks to address the problem by undertaking a massive industrialization campaign across the country, which will equip and empower communities to utilize their local resources in manufacturing products that are in high demand both locally and internationally.
This will allow the country to reap the well-known rewards of industrialization, such as gains in efficiency in every facet of life in our society, an increase in agricultural and manufacturing output, a reduction in the reliance on imports and an increase in the production of consumer goods and food availability.
The emphasis is on identifying high growth businesses in the strategic sectors of the economy. These include:
1. Input/Raw material producer groups
2. Agro-processing and business
3. Textiles and Clothing
4. ICT
5. Pharmaceutical and cosmetics
6. Waste management
7. Distribution and trading
8. Tourism, Arts and Crafts
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
