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\u201cTechnical and operational deficiencies have prevented the factory from running at full capacity. The machinery and equipment of the factory have not been refurbished since construction in 2016. Equipment generators and motors need maintenance, and the boiler top coil needs replacement to bring the factory back to life,\u201d she told Parliament.<\/p>\n
Mrs Ofosu-Adjare further revealed that the factory has been disconnected from the national grid by the Electricity Company of Ghana and from water supply by the Ghana Water Company Limited due to accumulated unpaid bills.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdded to the poor state of the equipment, the facility has accumulated significant debts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Beyond infrastructure and utility challenges, the Minister pointed to raw material shortages as a major obstacle to reviving the factory.<\/p>\n She explained that the farming communities that were expected to supply sugarcane have become disengaged, largely because of weak institutional support structures and unclear procurement arrangements.<\/p>\n \u201cThe farming community which was expected to anchor the raw material supply remains disengaged due to lack of institutional support and unclear procurement channels,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n As part of government\u2019s response, Mrs Ofosu-Adjare announced that the Ministry of Trade and Industry has prioritised the engagement of a transactional advisor to restructure and package the factory for private sector participation.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ministry has prioritised the engagement of a transactional advisor to package the factory and secure a strategic investor to operationalise the factory and farms in the 2026 budget,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The Komenda Sugar Factory, a flagship industrial project under Ghana\u2019s industrialisation drive, was originally envisioned to reduce the country\u2019s heavy reliance on imported sugar and create jobs within the Central Region.<\/p>\n However, years of operational setbacks have left the facility largely idle, prompting renewed calls for a sustainable revival strategy anchored in private sector investment and efficient farm-to-factory linkages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trade Minister, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has disclosed that the Komenda Sugar Factory has been disconnected from power and water supply over unpaid bills. She made the revelation on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, as she provided an update on the state of the Komenda Sugar Factory. The legislator explained that the facility is currently burdened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":15789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3193,4991],"class_list":["post-15788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-elizabeth-ofosu-adjare","tag-komenda-sugar-factory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15791,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15788\/revisions\/15791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1659.png\")
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