Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has in less than 5 years overtaken Kwame Nkrumah as the most successful leader in Ghana’s history to drive Ghana’s industrialization drive, according to Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a highly influential member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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Mr.Otchere-Darko in a post on Facebook said Nkrumah built only 32 factories in 9 years whiles President Nana Addo in a helm of affairs of Ghana in less than 5years has performed tremendously than Nkrumah, Ghana’s first country. “Akufo-Addo has also embarked on an industrialization drive like never before. Yes, we always refer to the 1st Republic as the “golden age”. Nkrumah built 32 factories in 9 years, which became but a drain on the exchequer due through misalignment and mismanagement. The truth is, far more have been built or fixed in 4 years under 1D1F under Akufo-Addo. More global automobile companies have set base in Ghana under Akufo-Addo than under any other Govt in our 64 years. There is more to come as AFCFTA takes shape and Ghana is at the centre of it.”
“More money has been spent on the poor, vulnerable and to tackle unemployment than under any other Govt in our history.
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Your government is working but there is a lot more to be done to address mass poverty and mass unemployment and they admit to it and will do more and we must push them to do more, but we must do so with our memory and expectations in sync,” Gabby added.
According to nkrumaists.com, 80 Factories and Industries were built by Nkrumah which have over the years been abandoned by the successive government since the overthrown of Nkrumah in 1966.
- EverReady Batteries (Huni Valley)
- Coconut Oil Factory
- Bolgatanga Rice Factory
- Norther Rice Factory
- Aveyime Battor Rice Factory
- Asutuare Rice Factory
- Tamale Pito Brewery
- Kwalugu Tomatoes Factory
9.TigerNut Farm and Factory - Abosso Glass Factory
- Nsawam Cannery Factory
- Kade Matches Factory
- Tetse Palm Oil Mill C/R
- Modern Dairy Farm (Exotic Cows)
- Tarkwa Gold Refinery
- Ankobea Shoe Factory (Kumasi)
- Asebu Citus Factory
- Bunso State Farm
19.Fibre Processing Factory - Pokuase State Farm
- Sankofa Pilot Training School ( Afiaya)
- Saltpond Ceramics Factory
- Ghana Car Assemblage
- Tema Storage Silo
- Ghana Household Company
- Bonsa Tyres Factory
- Railway Corporation
- Akosombo Textiles Limited
- Sefwi Maize Storage Facilities
- Food Distribution Company Silo (Winneba)
- Cocoa Processing Factory
- Aluminium Factory (Iron Rod)
- Paper Processing Company
- Bamboo Farm and Factory
- Powder Factory ( W/R)
- Meridian Hotel (Tema)
- Saltpond Coir Production
- Glamour House
- Juapong Textiles
- Juapong Jute Factory
- Pomadze Poultry Farm and Abbatoir
- Ghana Navy Shipyard
- Fish Factory ( Sardine)
- Tema Textiles Limited
- Anomabo Citrus Factory
- Pioneer Kitchen / Aluminium Factory
- State Publishing Limited
- Techiman Tomatoes Factory
- Pans West Africa Saw Mill Limited
- Bolgatanga Meat Factory
- African Timber and Plywood Company
- Manganese Factory ( Nsuta)
- Ghana Fisheries ( 19 Ships)
- Kumasi Jute Factory
- Akwatia Diamond Company Limited
- Aveyime Battor Leather Factory
- Mica Factory (C/R Adjumako)
- Raw Paint Factory (C/R Ayeldo)
- West Africa Oil Factory
- Rubber Plantation (Factory)
- Tobacco Plantation and Factory (E/R Kwahu)
- Food Processing Company
- Tarkoradi Flour Mill
- Tema Sanyo ( Radio and Fun Assemblage)
- Tema Cold Store
- Tema Batteries Company
- Sutium Garments Factory
- Metal Steel Factory
- Tarkoradi Cement Factory
- State Leather Factory
71.Tarkoradi Paper Conversion Company - Wenchi Tomatoes Factory
- Food Processing Centre ( C/R Winneba)
- Elembelle Oil Factory ( Vegetable oil)
- Corn Factory (E/R Kwahu)
- Half Assini Cold Store
- Tie and Dye Factory ( Tema)
- Pencil factory (kumasi)
- State Distillery Corporation
- Matches Factory (Oda)
Meanwhile, The Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, last month said Akufo-Addo’s flagship programs to alleviate unemployment, the One-District-One-Factory program, has created 139,331 jobs.
He also revealed that 76 companies under 1D1F have been completed. Out of the 76, 64 were existing companies that have been revamped into 1D1F.
Gabby’s comparison comes on the heels of pressure from teeming Ghanaian youth on social media calling for accountability from the government with the hashtag #fixthecountry.
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The #fixthecountry hashtag was started by popular Ghanaian Twitter influencer, KalyJay in reaction to push the concerns of citizens and demand accountability from the government.
Some celebrities and political activists later joined the campaign and the hashtag and its variants including #fixthecountrynow, #nameandshame, #fixitnow, #fixmotherghana have been at the top of the Twitter trends for over a week.
The tweets have expressed displeasure over successive government’s failure to improve the living standards of Ghanaians. Among the concerns include dumsor, unemployment, galamsey, and poor healthcare systems which they cite as proof of successive governments’ mismanagement of the countr