63 businesses prepared to implement NPP project

The government of Ghana has revealed that 63 businesses are prepared to establish their firms under the one district one factory project.
The Deputy Trade Minister Robert Ahomka-Lindsay mentioned this when he met members of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) on Wednesday (July 26, 2017).

“We have had close to 400 business plans that have been presented now. This is interesting because if you look at the business plans that have been presented, over 331 of those are actually business plans. So we are not talking about somebody just writing a couple of sheets and saying that I have a dream to build eggs and as the chairman was saying, these are business plans that we feel are of substance.”

“We have analysed over 331 of these business plans and of those 331 business plans, 63 of them are 2 million dollars and above and are of the nature of construction. As we speak today, it is ready to go forward so these are businesses that know what they are doing,” he added.
Ahomka-Linsay said it is estimated that the cost of the districts will be over 2 million dollars and would be built in different districts across the country.
Ahomka-Lindsay also added that government has also started work to put in place the infrastructure to make the project feasible.

“All they want is for us to put the structures in place and get out of their way. They are ready to go,” he noted.
He also added that out of 268 businesses, 175 are of average size with a capital of about 500 thousand dollars.
The said businesses have presented their plans which have been approved by banks with clear roadmaps for implementation.