By Dennis Peprah
Kwatire, (Bono), March 25, GNA – A Physically Challenged agro-processors has lauded the 24-hour economy, appealing for government support to contribute to the implementation of the policy for job creation, poverty reduction and progressive development.
Mr Kofi Vinyo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Kwatire-based Kofi Vinyo and Company Limited (KVCL), a solely organic agro-processing company said he needed urgent investment and support to procure modern machines and equipment.
With the machines, he told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the company’s farm and the factory alone could create direct and indirect jobs for 1,000 people, and more so run four shifts under the 24-hour economy.
Currently, Mr Vinyo said the KVCL processed organic tiger nuts into oil and powder and had obtained International Organic Certification to export the products to the European Union market, the United States and Canada.
“We have done the EU organic, National Organic Programme (USA) and Biological Organic (Canada),” he stated, saying, that would pave the way for the company’s products to be sold in at least all the organic shops in those countries.
“In fact, it will interest you to know that we have invested hugely in all these because of the 24-hour economy, and we anticipate that the government will roll out for us to also contribute to the policy and better the lives of our people”, he stated.
On challenges impeding private sector growth and entrepreneurship, Mr Vinyo said entrepreneurs required some tax reduction and incentives, urging the government to do more to tackle the Ghana cedi-dollar depreciation too.
As the engine of growth and development, he said he appreciated efforts being made by the government to create an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive, saying the implementation of the 24-hour economy alone could turn round the economic fortunes of the nation.
Mr Vinyo emphasised that entrepreneurship required discipline, creativity, and innovation, and urged young entrepreneurs to strive and build their brands, cut expenses, and save more.
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