Peasant farmers hail Bawumia as Walewale Watermelon Factory is commissioned

The much-awaited Walewale Watermelon Factory, has lastly been commissioned in Walewale by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, leaving a lot of peasant farmers relieved and excited.

Walewale and its environs are endowed with wealthy watermelon harvest, however as a result of lack of market, the farmers undergo perennial post-harvest losses, and the commissioning of the manufacturing facility, successfully ends this age-long downside for the farmers.

The Walewale Watermelon Processing Company, constructed by Champion Foods and Beverages, with funding from the Ghana Eximbank, is anticipated to provide about 10 metric tonnes of watermelon and numerous juice drinks per hour when the manufacturing facility begins operations.

The manufacturing facility can also be anticipated to offer over 400 direct jobs and hundreds of oblique advantages to over 3,000 peasant farmers, who will now have prepared markets for his or her harvests.

Speaking on the commissioning, Dr. Bawumia expressed delight on the commissioning of the manufacturing facility, stressing that the opening marked the NPP’s dedication to industrialisation, and in addition exhibits the get together’s mindset of prospects in opposition to the NDC’s mindset of impossibility.

“When we promised to implement 1D1F, they doubted us but we have completed over 150 factories. One of the factories we have completed is the Walewale Watermelon Factory which we are commissioning today.” Dr. Bawumia mentioned.

“I bear in mind once we began this course of, there have been quite a lot of doubts about whether or not we will ship this manufacturing facility. In reality, a number of weeks in the past one of many members of the opposition get together on this constituency mentioned he has put up an empty container and it was not a manufacturing facility. Today I’ll like him to return and examine the manufacturing facility himself, “

“We have seen so much development and we have brought this factory into existence to help our farmers and to help create job here the communities around.”

A lot of farmers, who’re direct beneficiaries of the manufacturing facility expressed delight on the commissioning.

They lamented the numerous quantity of post-harvest losses they undergo after going via exhausting work all through the season.

They counseled Dr. Bawumia for listening to their plight and guaranteeing {that a} manufacturing facility, which might serve a twin function of providing the youth jobs, and offering them prepared market has been established.

“Today is an historic day and I witness this factory, which will help us here. Many of my colleague farmers have given up on watermelon farming due to the losses, but this will bring back the interest. We thank Dr. Bawumia for this initiative,” mentioned Abudu Seidu a farmer.

“I’m actually blissful to see this manufacturing facility immediately. Many individuals have been saying Bawumia was mendacity to the farmers and that nothing was happening right here however only a piece of containers on sight. Today now we have seen all of it and you’ll see how the farmers are blissful. Thank you Mr. Vice President and incoming President.’ one other farmer, Shani Nuru mentioned.

Another farmer, Issahaku Alidu mentioned many extra farmers who had deserted watermelon farming will return, and in addition enhance the youth’s curiosity in farming.

“This is how you boost farming and we thank Dr. Bawumia so much. May God bless him.”