Deputy Trade Minister calls 1D1F a failure and white‑elephant scheme
The Deputy Minister for Trade, Agribusiness & Industry, Sampson Ahi, has delivered a candid assessment of Ghana’s One‑District‑One‑Factory (1D1F) programme, branding it a failure and warning that many of its projects have degenerated into “white elephants”—facilities built but never delivering meaningful production or employment. During a radio interview in early April 2025, Ahi rejected claims by the previous administration that the scheme still had vitality. Instead, he argued that structural flaws—especially chronic shortages of raw materials and capital—had rendered most 1D1F factories virtually non-functional. He pointed to Bokaso’s rice processing factory as emblematic of the problem: the plant was constructed under 1D1F but has rarely processed even a single tonne of rice—due to lack of supply. Similarly, Minister Elizabeth Ofosu‑Adjare confirmed to Parliament in July that the government had officially cancelled the 1D1F programme, and that none of its incentives […]
