The Managing Director of the State Transport Company (STC), Nana Akomea has stated that 139,331 jobs have been created under the government’s flagship 1 District 1 Factory (1D1F) industrialisation programme.
He said the jobs which comprise 18,811 direct and 120,520 indirect jobs were created as of July 2020.
Addressing a press conference organised by the governing New Patriotic Party on Monday in Accra, Nana Akomea stated that a total of 76 factories were currently operating under waivers granted by the 1D1F programme.
He added that a total of 232 factories were also at various stages of completion under the scheme.