Very soon lotto kiosk will become one district, one factory – Nana Yaa Jantuah

The General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah has taken a swipe at government over its inability to fulfill its one district, one factory promise to create employment for the youth.

Speaking on Alhaji and Alhaji on Pan African TV on Saturday, December 18 monitored by GhanaPlus.com, she said due to government inability to fulfill the promise it has resolve to naming anything they see as one district, one factory.

She added very soon the government will label lotto kiosk as a one of such factories.

“ These are the same people who in 2016 the same Dr, Professor Bawumia the economic professor came around and said that it’s a lazy man’s way of mobilizing revenue if you do it through taxes, you have to do it through production. What is happening now, where is the production, I district, one factory where is it?.  The youth are unemployed, the youth are unemployed,” Nana Yaa Jantuah

“Right now what happens with the one district, one factory is that when they find out that there is a factory some where they give you incentives and they labeled it one district, one factory, very soon we will find lotto kiosk becoming one district, one factory because anything they can lay their hands on, they turn it into a one district one factory,” she added.

Nana Yaa Jantuah made the comment while contributing to discussions on the performance of the government in the year under review.

According to her, all the Akufo-Addo led government is interested in is to create slogans and not the lives of  Ghanaians who gave them power the enjoy now.

One District, One Factory

The New Patriotic Party led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo prior to their election into office promised the people of Ghana, a factory in each district in the country.

The initiative dubbed One District, One  Factory was to propel the country’s industrial transformation agenda and create jobs for the teaming youth  currently unemployed.

It was also to address the challenge of severe poverty and underdevelopment among rural communities.

However, as at February this year and five years into their administration, only 76 are said to be fully completed and operational with others at various stages of completion.

Some 64 existing companies have also been supported by the initiative to expand its operations.

Source: GhanaPlus.com