News:
February 17, 2020
Government Assurance Committee has taken its verification tour to the Central Region where it members visited a pineapple plantation that feeds Ekumfi Fruit and Juice Limited.
Director of Operations at Ekumfi Fruit and Juice, Frederick Kobbyna Acquaah before the Committee visited the plantation walked the committee through the operations of the company from the growing of the pineapple, its harvest and processing.
And there was a question time where members of the committee sought further explanation. One of the key things that Mr. Acquaah told the committee members was that the factory under 1D1F was hundred percent Ghanaian owned.
He further revealed to the Committee members that the lands on which the pineapples are grown are leased to the company for thirty years, and the farmers and all those working are properly documented.
It was also revealed that the pineapple farms are not only located in Ekumfi but other places like Gomoa, Winneba among other places.
The Committee’s first place of visit after the briefing was a pineapple plantation at Ekumfi, whiles the last stop of the field trip on the third day of visit was the factory where the pineapple was being processed into juice.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com