Otoobour Djan Kwasi welcoming the Ga West MCE,Clement Wilkinson
Trident Imperial Company Limited, in collaboration with its South African partners, has entered into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the Ga West, Nsawam-Adoagyiri and the Akwapim South Municipal and District Assemblies for the construction of a $1.5 billion state-of-the-art industrial village.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Trident Imperial Company Limited, Nana Opeabere Awuah Asiedu, during a durbar of chiefs and people at Nsakye in the Akwapim South District of the Eastern Region lately, lauded the chiefs in the three MMDAs for donating 5,000 acres of land for the project which would benefit the residents.
Nana Opeabere Awuah Asiedu, who is also the Benkumhene of Suhum and Adantamhene of Akwapim, indicated that the project will comprise industrial complex, hospital, housing units, schools, restaurant, shopping mall, a stop transit point for exports and rapid transit systems, among others.
“We have the resources to embark on this project which to us is a novelty and expected to create huge employment opportunities for more than 100,000 people but at present we are relying on the three MMDAs to obtain the relevant documentations from the chiefs and government,” he stated.
The MCE for Ga West, Clement Wilkinson, indicated that the project is centered on the president’s ‘One District One Factory’ policy.
He explained that the Ga West Municipality shares boundaries with the other areas, adding that the majority of residents in Ga West are settler farmers in the Akwapim South and Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipalities.
The Chief of Aburi, Otoobour Djan Kwasi II, who made the donation of the lands on behalf of the other chiefs to the MMDAs, urged Ghanaians to support government in the implementation of its ‘One District One Factory’ policy.
According to him, the policy has a lot of benefits for future generations, adding that it should be embraced by all Ghanaians.
“The President’s One District One Factory Policy adopted from international best practices is what holds the key that opens to secure future for our people, and therefore there is no need playing politics with it, our people have far too long suffered and this is the time to break the cycle of poverty.”
Otoobour Djan Kwasi, who is also the Adontenhene of Akwapim and the overlord of lands, told the chiefs that the appropriate compensation would be given to them.
In a related development, the MCE for Ga West, Mr Wilkinson and his delegation have presented a ram, assorted drinks and cash of GHC2,000 to the chiefs and people for the celebration of ‘Awukudae.’
By Solomon Ofori