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Minister for Trade and Industry
December 16, 2021
Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kojo Kyerematen has told Parliament currently under the One District One Factory (1d1f), one hundred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred and eighty-two direct and indirect jobs had been created, with one hundred and six companies (106) in operational.
According to him as at December last year under the 1d1f, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand, three hundred and thirty-one jobs had been created under the scheme.
“Mr. Speaker, to date, there are 278 IDIF projects at various stages of implementation, 148 are under construction and 24 are at the mobilization stage under the 1DIF initiative”
He further told the House, One Hundred and Sixty-Five (165) out of the 278 companies are new projects representing 60%, whilst 113 are existing companies, representing 40%. The 106 companies that are currently operational have created a total of 153,782 direct and indirect jobs, up from 139,331 in December 2020.
“Mr. Speaker, it is expected that when the additional 148 1DIF projects currently under construction are completed, the cumulative number of direct and indirect jobs created will increase to 288,599”.
This came to light when the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko wanted to know the current number of completed factories built under the 1d1f and the estimated number of jobs created.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com