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Mills urges
investors to make Ghana preferred investment destination
Accra, May 26, Ghanadot/GNA -
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday assured investors of
Government’s protection and urged them to feel free to make
Ghana a preferred investment destination.
He reiterated Government’s request to investors to use more of
local content and materials, and assured them of mutually
satisfactory benefits from the strong partnership Government was
forging with industry and investors.
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President Mills with Mr
Curtis Ferguson, President, North and West Africa
Coca-Cola Company |
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“We want to create jobs for the people, so that at the end of
the day, everybody will be satisfied,” President Mills said in a
chat with a delegation led by Mr Curtis Ferguson, President,
North and West Africa Business Unit of the Coca-Cola Company,
which paid a courtesy call on him a the Castle, Osu.
President Mills lauded the use of local fruits like pineapples
and oranges as the Company diversified and branched out.
He welcomed a proposed location of a Coca-Cola Plant at Cape
Coast in the Central Region, and drew the attention of the
Company and other investors that Ghana abounded in the
production of fruits that could be used by food processing
companies.
President Mills said there were large hectares of plantations of
pineapples, oranges and other fruits in the Western, Eastern and
Ashanti Regions.
He said the Government would make sure it removed all obstacles
and ensured the strict application of rules and regulations for
smooth investment and operations.
Mr Ferguson commended Ghana for being a producer and exporter of
fruits, and announced that the proposed factory at Cape Coast
would cost between 20 million dollars and 30 million dollars.
An additional 31 million dollars would be spent on related
services, Mr Ferguson said, adding that Coca-Cola was growing at
the rate of 10 per cent, with a potential for further growth.
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