Volta Region to set up garment factory

Ho, July 7, GNA- The Ho District Assembly, in partnership with Ghanaian entrepreneurs, would establish a garment factory within the next 12 months, Mr Mawutor Goh, the District Chief Executive (DCE) said on Monday. He said as part of the plan 100 dressmakers had been selected for training to make clothes to meet international standards. Mr Goh was speaking at a course organised by the Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) in collaboration with the Ho District Assembly for 40 Small-Scale Entrepreneurs in Export Marketing,

He said the programme, which is in line with government policy that each district facilitates the establishment of at least three industries, fruits and tomatoes processing and oil extraction factories would be set up. Mr Goh called for the cultivation of plantation of fruits including mangoes, oranges and papaw to feed the factories. He said the district needed active support of the private sector to achieve its objective.