{"id":258635,"date":"2025-11-12T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258635\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:08:08","slug":"sugarcane-farmers-confident-komenda-factory-revival-will-get-2026-budget-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258635\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugarcane farmers confident Komenda factory revival will get 2026 budget allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sugarcane <\/a>Sugarcane Outgrowers Association confident Komenda Sugar Factory will feature in 2026 budget<\/p>\n

The Sugarcane Outgrowers Association of Ghana has expressed strong optimism that the Komenda Sugar Factory will be prominently featured in the 2026 Budget Statement to be presented to Parliament later this week.<\/p>\n

According to the Association, their confidence stems from the numerous assurances and concrete steps taken by the current government towards reviving the long-dormant factory, which has been a key concern for farmers and residents in the Central Region.<\/p>\n

In a statement signed by the Association\u2019s National Chairman, Nana Nsanyewodze I (Samuel Mensah), National Secretary, Nana Andoh IV (Joshua Kingsley Mensah), and Director of Communications, Okatakyi Nana Kweku Ackon, the group recalled several engagements and commitments made by top government officials over the past year regarding the factory\u2019s revival.<\/p>\n

The Association cited President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s February 7, 2025 assurance during his \u201cThank You Tour\u201d in Cape Coast that his administration would ensure the Komenda Sugar Factory becomes operational.<\/p>\n

They also referenced a February 27, 2025, visit by the Minister for Trade and Agr,ibusiness, Elizabeth Ofosu Agyare, who reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to prioritising the factory\u2019s operationalisation.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor and Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang were both mentioned for their direct engagements with the chiefs, people, and leadership of the Outgrowers Association, during which they pledged to make the factory functional again.<\/p>\n

The Association further noted that an Interim Management Committee (IMC) was inaugurated on August 4, 2025, with an eight-week mandate to submit a report to the President outlining steps towards reopening the plant.<\/p>\n

With that timeline now elapsed, the group expressed hope that the IMC has already presented its findings and that concrete actions will soon follow.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll indications clearly show that the Komenda Sugar Factory will be captured in the 2026 Budget Statement,\u201d the Association stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur livelihoods depend on its revival, and we trust President John Dramani Mahama and Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang will not compromise on anything that will deny us the opportunity to work to feed this factory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group concluded its statement with a patriotic call, \u201cLong live Ghana, long live Komenda Sugar Factory.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sugarcane Outgrowers Association confident Komenda Sugar Factory will feature in 2026 budget The Sugarcane Outgrowers Association of Ghana…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-258635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}