Asuenyi’s gari factory will start operations in July… following publication of the Ghanaian Times
The Asueyi gasification plant and the gari processing plant will go into operation by July this year, said Ernest Adarkwa Yiadom, planning manager for the northern district of Techiman.
According to him, the electrical installations, the burners for frying the cassava transformed into gari and other key components would then have been installed so that the plant could start working at full capacity.
This, he said, would provide direct and indirect employment opportunities for women and youth living in Asueyi and beyond to develop sustainable cassava-based agricultural and non-agricultural business opportunities for the growth of the economy. local economy.
A statement signed jointly by the planning officer and his District Director General (DCE), Mr. Everson Addo Donkor, and copied to Ghanaian weather yesterday in Tuobodom in the Bono Est region, said that unlimited access to the source of raw materials would be considered.
the Ghanaian weather in the November 25, 2021 issue reported that a multi-million dollar gasification plant and a mechanized gari processing plant have been abandoned in Asueyi in the northern Techiman district.
the Ghanaian weather reported that one of the burners which had developed a technical failure delayed the operation of the facility which was completed in 2017, while residents had previously threatened to demonstrate against those in authority over the negligence of the ‘factory.
“We recommended to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to introduce improved fast yielding, pest and drought resistant cassava varieties to farmers to improve the raw material base of the facility.” , adds the press release.
Mr. Adarkwa Yiadom noted that through a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement, professional engineers, technicians, mechanics and administrative staff would be recruited to manage the plant.
The statement further said parts of the site would be paved, gutters would be constructed, and special sumps would be constructed to collect liquid waste from the facility, meeting local and international standards for a factory.
Mr. Adarkwa Yiadom revealed that the Institute for Advanced Information Technology of the Kofi Annan Center of Excellence (AITI – KACE), during a meeting at the site, had promised to release staff from their equipment for the ‘installation of automated systems of the installation.
“The Ghana Investment Infrastructure Fund (GIIF) is committed to providing funding for the installation of the automated systems,” added the planning officer.
Asueyi Electoral District MP Mr. Benjamin Yeboah thanked the Ghanaian weather for the post, saying that “posterity will remember your good deeds towards the people of Asueyi and beyond.”
Mr. Yeboah noted that Bono East Regional Minister Mr. Adu Gyan, the Ministry of Agriculture and a high-level team from Accra, including the local entrepreneur among other key stakeholders, had visited installation after publication.
