Kwadwo Twum Boafo, the above Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, has taken on the Minister of Barter and Industry, , over the accommodation to charter out the Komenda Sugar Branch to an Indian company

Contributing to a console altercation on Metro TV's Good Morning Ghana, Twum Boafo questioned the opaqueness of the accord and accepted added advice about it

Twum Boafo, a arch affiliate of the , appear his doubts about KT Hammond's adeptness to defended a accord that serves the country's interests, acquainted that KT Hammond's antecedent accomplishments ample him with little aplomb and action about the deal

He questioned why the Admiral of Barter beneath KT Hammond would charter out the aggregation at what he considers to be a paltry acquittal amount of one actor dollars per annum

Twum Boafo additionally averred that the privatization of the branch is a aberration from the aims and aspirations that anatomy the basement of its establishment

"I don't booty him seriously. He is aggravating to acquaint us that he has accustomed Komenda Sugar Factory, which I accept amount over $35 million, and that it will booty the government of Ghana 35 years to amortize it

"What cost-benefit assay accept you done for us to apperceive that if we aggregate a actor dollars a year, it inures to our benefit? I don't booty the Minister of Barter seriously, and it's by cavity of his above-mentioned bad acts. Every time, he seems to be attractive for some gig in that ministry. Why would you appetite to advertise article the government has spent money on cheaply? Apparently, he is handing it aback to the bodies who congenital it

"There is consistently article abaft what KT Hammond does. We took a lot to assemble that factory, so we are bounden to ensure that the branch generates employment, development, revenue, and assets for the bodies of Ghana," he said

KT Hammond appear beforehand this ages that the barter admiral had accomplished an acceding with an Indian firm, WAATCO, for the acceptance of accessories and accessories of the Komenda Sugar Factory

"We accept arrive some bodies to see what can be done to get the branch running, but no one was interested." "WAATCO has requested a leasehold of our ability and equipment. The Komenda Sugar Branch is 100% Ghana government property, and I haven't active annihilation yet. We accept not paid them anything. We are alms them the use of the ability beneath the action that they pay us. We are negotiating for them to pay us over one actor dollars annually. Although we haven't agreed on the final figure, it is about assertive it will be added than one actor dollars per year." EK