Solomon Ebo Appiah, the Municipal Chief Executive for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem has revealed that the Komenda Sugar Factory will soon begin the processing of unrefined sugar.After the commissioning of the factory nearly six years ago, the factory, according to Mr Ebo Appia has now been revamped to revive the local production of sugar.

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The commencement of the factory, he says will generate the needed jobs for residents in the regions and sugar cane growers."This is no political talk. I will not play politics with the people I serve, there are a lot of works going on at the factory right now.“A three million litre reservoir has been constructed.

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The roof of the factory has been changed, and a raw sugar warehouse has been built to store raw unrefined sugar for the processing,” he added.The MCE further stated that currently, the country is not producing the right quantity of sugarcane suitable for production, therefore management of the Sugar factory will import the molasses to be refined.

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BackgroundThe $35 million Komenda Sugar factory was built from an Indian Exim Bank facility and inaugurated by the former president John Dramani Mahama.The factory was one of the major political issues in the Central Region during the 2016 and 2020 elections.According to the current government, the NDC failed to establish a proper contact with investors before going ahead to build the Komenda Sugar Factory.

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Meanwhile, the factory has not worked since its commissioning in 2016.In February this year, President Akufo-Addo gave his assurance that the Komenda Sugar Factory will start operations in April.He projected that the company after it commencement will inject $28 million into the factory between 2020 and 2023.

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Out of the amount, $11 million was to go into sugarcane cultivation; $6 million to upgrade plant and machinery, and $11 million as working capital to bring the ailing factory back on its feet.Source: The Independent Ghana 

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