The government is planning to set up three big garment factories in the Central, Bono East and Eastern Regions in collaboration with the private sector, and these will employ 27,000, she said during a recent visit to the Northshore Apparel Ghana Limited factory in Savelugu.
Ghana is mulling over expanding support to garment and textile manufacturing this year as part of its efforts to deepen employment generation in the private sector and extending export-oriented industries beyond traditional goods.
It is planning to set up three big garment factories in the Central, Bono East and Eastern Regions in collaboration with the private sector, and these will employ 27,000.
Northshore chief executive officer Alhaji Mohammed Nurudeen Mohammed said the company’s pre-hire operator training programme aims at training more than 2,000 voluntary pre-hire operators to equip them with market-ready skills for potential permanent employment.
He said the Savelugu facility will produce knitted and woven garments, including T-shirts, polo shirts, fleece hoodies and children’s wear, according to domestic media outlets.
The project is part of broader efforts to reduce unemployment in northern Ghana, curb internal migration and support trade and export growth with support from partners, including the Ghana Export-Import Bank, he said.
Mohammed said the first phase of the facility featuring 50 sewing lines, a 50-KW peak solar power system and a 4,000 sq m cutting and design facility is 95 per cent complete.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
