The Director-General for State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Hon. Stephen Asamoah BOATENG (ASABEE) who is also the leading aspirant of the National chairmanship position on Thursday visited the Ada Songor Salt project together with the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor(MP) to assess the rate at which the project is going on. “Create employment for the youth of this area and the country at large”, he urged the company.
A Ghanaian salt mining company, Electrochem Ghana Limited secured a 15-year lease to resuscitate salt mining in the Ada Songor Lagoon to enhance the local and national economy.
A total of 60,000 tonnes of salt was mined from the enclave in 2020 with plans by the company to mine 200,000 tonnes this year, 2021 on the back of Electrochem’s new investments. The company is thus hopeful to increase its production capacity to 1 million tonnes in 2022 and subsequently to 2 million in 2023. This projection was made after a feasibility studies had been conducted in the enclave.
The Salt produced from Ada Songor Lagoon is known to be of a high quality as among others on the international market.
“The salt produced from the Ada Songor Lagoon has been tested and is of high quality, comparable to any on the international market.”
David Cameron, General Manager of Electrochem Ghana Limited said.
The D-G of SIGA, Hon. Stephen Asamoah Boateng in his address stated that SIGA has played a key role in the Salt Project and urged the Managers to work hard to break into the huge Nigerian market. “Currently Nigeria imports expensive Salt from Brazil and here we are very close to them, let’s go grab the opportunity” he stated. “You should also add value and get into chemicals”, Asabee added. He praised the entrepreneurial acumen of Dr. Daniel Mckorley for this realisation of the people of Ada and its environs. He urged the Chiefs, Clans and the people of the area to rally behind the project. Asabee also indicated his office, which supervises all State Owned Enterprises and Joint Ventures, will make sure that all support that will be needed for the project to achieve its targets will be duly provided.
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