Indian investors to be persuaded to invest in Keta

The Indian High Commission in Ghana is to woo private Indian investors to invest in tourism, aqua-culture, salt and agriculture ventures in the Keta Municipality.

Mrs Ruchi Ghanashyam, Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, who disclosed this, said the area was endowed with varied industrial potentials that needed to be developed to give hope to the people.

The Indian High Commissioner was speaking at a durbar of chiefs and people, to climax her two-day working visit to the Keta Municipality.

Mrs Ghanashyam said the visit was to sustain her country’s special ties with the Assembly and people.

She said it was also to enable her to ascertain progress of work on Indian-funded projects in the Municipality, which included the Eye Clinic at the Keta Municipal Hospital.

Mrs Ghanashyam said that the Indian Government would soon construct a 12-million dollar multi-complex pre-tertiary school in Tema for the benefit of Ghanaians and Indians.

She said India had signed a memorandum of understanding with Ghana for the construction of a 1.2-billion dollar fertilizer factory in the Western Region.

Mrs Ghanashyam announced that the Indian High Commission has donated a motorbike and six solar cookers to the Assembly.

Mrs Ghanashyam, who was crowned Queen Mother of the area under the name Mama Nyanyuie II, visited the Keta Eye Clinic.

She said that the facility needed new equipment to enable it to effectively deliver health care.

Mr Sylvester Tornyeava, Keta Municipal Chief Executive, called for the revival of the uncompleted Indian-funded Power Loom Kente Weaving Centre at Anlo-Afiadenyigba.

He also asked the Indian authorities to expedite action on  the proposed vocational institute project in the Municipality for which sewing machines had already been provided.

Mr Tornyeava appealed to investors to go into brown sugar production at Aborlove-Nolopi and other wetland areas, which produce a lot of sugarcane.

Source: GNA