5th August 2024 2:44:51 PM
2 mins readConcerned Citizens of Komenda Traditional Area have informed the Ghana Police Service about their upcoming demonstration on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.
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This protest aims to demand the annulment of the lease agreement for the Komenda Sugar Factory with an Indian company.
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In a press release, the group highlighted issues such as non-compliance with procedural requirements and lack of stakeholder engagement as significant concerns.
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They also urged the government to halt the importation of raw sugar and restore the factory's original purpose of using local sugarcane from outgrowers.
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Samuel Awudzah, the group's convenor, stated that around 2,000 participants from the Komenda Traditional Area and nearby regions are expected to join the demonstration.
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Awudzah noted that the protest adheres to Section 1, Clause 1 of the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491), which requires notifying the police at least five days before any public event.
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Meanwhile, Trade and Industry Minister Kobina Tahir Hammond announced on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, that the government plans to lease the Komenda Sugar Factory to Indian investors for approximately 20 years to revive the defunct facility.
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He added that the lease agreement could be renewed once the contract is finalized.
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K.T. Hammond revealed that the government had spent GH¢45 million to keep the factory operational.
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The Komenda Sugar Factory, which was handed over to a strategic investor in November 2019 after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus, has been idle since May 2016.
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The $35 million factory was inaugurated by former president John Dramani Mahama, but it ceased operations due to multiple issues, including an insufficient supply of sugarcane in the area, as stated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in September 2018.
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