Micheal Okyere-Baafi (left) unveiling the banner
Michael Okyere-Baafi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, has revealed that the Authority will soon establish a new pharmaceutical company at Kwamoso in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region.
According to him, the authority is finalizing plans to enable an investor from the US to establish the company which would create business opportunities in the region.
Mr Okyere-Baafi made these known at the launch of an award scheme for journalists in Koforidua.
“More of such industries can become a reality if the media plays its role well. It’s time to support our own and I am ready to support the people of the region,” he said.
The Eastern Region branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) launched the awards scheme to reward and motivate journalists to publish development-oriented stories.
The main awards ceremony, which is the first of its kind in the region, would be held in May, this year and would award journalists in various categories such as business/SME, mining/environment, rural reporting, road safety reporting and water/sanitation reporting, among others.
This year’s award would be themed, ‘Repositioning Eastern Region for investments and job creation; the role of the media.’
Journalistic works published between January and December 2017 will be vetted by a five-member committee from February 26 to March 26, 2018.
Regional Chairman of the GJA, Maxwell Kudekor, was happy that the dreams of media practitioners in the region have finally become a reality.
From Daniel Bampoe, Koforidua