Rebecca Lartey
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the growing trajectory of the truck assembly business in Ghana is critical for economic growth.
This development will in the long term build the capacity of the nation for a fully-integrated and competitive industrial hub for the automotive industry.
President Nana Akufo-Addo, commissioning the second phase of the Zonda Sinotruk Assembly Plant at Kpone, in the Kpone Katamanso municipality said his Administration was giving meaning to the Ghana Automotive Development Programmed under the Strategic Anchor Industries Initiative.
The new assembly plant is expected to increase the company’s current annual production capacity from 850 trucks to some 3, 000 heavy duty and light duty trucks. These include tipper trucks, trailers and semi-trailers, oil tankers, and a variety of vehicles.
It is estimated that the project will double employment in the company from 356 to 700, and also create some 1, 000 indirect employment opportunities.
Mr. K.T Hammond, Minister of Trade and Industry, said the Government would not relent in its quest to industrialize the economy and create more skilled jobs to ensure stable sources of income and livelihoods to improve the living conditions of the people.
Ms. Yang Yang, the Managing Director of Zonda Sinotruk Assembly Plant Limited, said the Company will not relent with its investment to grow the economy of Ghana.
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