Industrialization: Nana Addo has performed better than Nkrumah in less than 5yrs – Gabby

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has in less than 5 years overtaken Kwame Nkrumah as the most successful leader in Ghana’s history to drive Ghana’s industrialization drive, according to Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a highly influential member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).

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Mr.Otchere-Darko in a post on Facebook said Nkrumah built only 32 factories in 9 years whiles President Nana Addo in a helm of affairs of Ghana in less than 5years has performed tremendously than Nkrumah, Ghana’s first country. “Akufo-Addo has also embarked on an industrialization drive like never before. Yes, we always refer to the 1st Republic as the “golden age”. Nkrumah built 32 factories in 9 years, which became but a drain on the exchequer due through misalignment and mismanagement. The truth is, far more have been built or fixed in 4 years under 1D1F under Akufo-Addo. More global automobile companies have set base in Ghana under Akufo-Addo than under any other Govt in our 64 years. There is more to come as AFCFTA takes shape and Ghana is at the centre of it.”

“More money has been spent on the poor, vulnerable and to tackle unemployment than under any other Govt in our history.

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Your government is working but there is a lot more to be done to address mass poverty and mass unemployment and they admit to it and will do more and we must push them to do more, but we must do so with our memory and expectations in sync,” Gabby added.

According to nkrumaists.com, 80 Factories and Industries were built by Nkrumah which have over the years been abandoned by the successive government since the overthrown of Nkrumah in 1966.

1. EverReady Batteries (Huni Valley)
2. Coconut Oil Factory
3. Bolgatanga Rice Factory
4. Norther Rice Factory
5. Aveyime Battor Rice Factory
6. Asutuare Rice Factory
7. Tamale Pito Brewery
8. Kwalugu Tomatoes Factory
   9.TigerNut Farm and Factory
9. Abosso Glass Factory
10. Nsawam Cannery Factory
11. Kade Matches Factory
12. Tetse Palm Oil Mill C/R
13. Modern Dairy Farm (Exotic Cows)
14. Tarkwa Gold Refinery
15. Ankobea Shoe Factory (Kumasi)
16. Asebu Citus Factory
17. Bunso State Farm
    19.Fibre Processing Factory
18. Pokuase State Farm
19. Sankofa Pilot Training School ( Afiaya)
20. Saltpond Ceramics Factory
21. Ghana Car Assemblage
22. Tema Storage Silo
23. Ghana Household Company
24. Bonsa Tyres Factory
25. Railway Corporation
26. Akosombo Textiles Limited
27. Sefwi Maize Storage Facilities
28. Food Distribution Company Silo (Winneba)
29. Cocoa Processing Factory
30. Aluminium Factory (Iron Rod)
31. Paper Processing Company
32. Bamboo Farm and Factory
33. Powder Factory ( W/R)
34. Meridian Hotel (Tema)
35. Saltpond Coir Production
36. Glamour House
37. Juapong Textiles
38. Juapong Jute Factory
39. Pomadze Poultry Farm and Abbatoir
40. Ghana Navy Shipyard
41. Fish Factory ( Sardine)
42. Tema Textiles Limited
43. Anomabo Citrus Factory
44. Pioneer Kitchen / Aluminium Factory
45. State Publishing Limited
46. Techiman Tomatoes Factory
47. Pans West Africa Saw Mill Limited
48. Bolgatanga Meat Factory
49. African Timber and Plywood Company
50. Manganese Factory ( Nsuta)
51. Ghana Fisheries ( 19 Ships)
52. Kumasi Jute Factory
53. Akwatia Diamond Company Limited
54. Aveyime Battor Leather Factory
55. Mica Factory (C/R Adjumako)
56. Raw Paint Factory (C/R Ayeldo)
57. West Africa Oil Factory
58. Rubber Plantation (Factory)
59. Tobacco Plantation and Factory (E/R Kwahu)
60. Food Processing Company
61. Tarkoradi Flour Mill
62. Tema Sanyo ( Radio and Fun Assemblage)
63. Tema Cold Store
64. Tema Batteries Company
65. Sutium Garments Factory
66. Metal Steel Factory
67. Tarkoradi Cement Factory
68. State Leather Factory
    71.Tarkoradi Paper Conversion Company
69. Wenchi Tomatoes Factory
70. Food Processing Centre ( C/R Winneba)
71. Elembelle Oil Factory ( Vegetable oil)
72. Corn Factory (E/R Kwahu)
73. Half Assini Cold Store
74. Tie and Dye Factory ( Tema)
75. Pencil factory (kumasi)
76. State Distillery Corporation
77. Matches Factory (Oda)

Meanwhile, The Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, last month said Akufo-Addo’s flagship programs to alleviate unemployment, the One-District-One-Factory program, has created 139,331 jobs.

He also revealed that 76 companies under 1D1F have been completed. Out of the 76, 64 were existing companies that have been revamped into 1D1F.

Gabby’s comparison comes on the heels of pressure from teeming Ghanaian youth on social media calling for accountability from the government with the hashtag #fixthecountry.

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The #fixthecountry hashtag was started by popular Ghanaian Twitter influencer, KalyJay in reaction to push the concerns of citizens and demand accountability from the government.

Some celebrities and political activists later joined the campaign and the hashtag and its variants including #fixthecountrynow, #nameandshame, #fixitnow, #fixmotherghana have been at the top of the Twitter trends for over a week.

The tweets have expressed displeasure over successive government’s failure to improve the living standards of Ghanaians. Among the concerns include dumsor, unemployment, galamsey, and poor healthcare systems which they cite as proof of successive governments’ mismanagement of the countr