General News of Sunday, 19 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comGHC400m allocated for compiling new register can build 400 factories – Spio-Garbrahplay videoEkwow Spio-Garbrah, Former Trade MinisterFormer Trade Minister, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has said that the over 400 million cedis allocated to the Electoral Commission as funding for compilation of the voters register would to a large extent solve the challenge of youth unemployment in the country if invested in that area instead. According to him, over 400 factories can be built from such a huge amount, factories which can last for over 20 years and do a great service by providing jobs for the youth of the country. It is for this reason he believes the idea about a new voters register must be entirely scrapped. Parliament approved an amount of GHC 443,646,663.00 for the Electoral Commission to enable it compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. “With 40 million cedis you can build 400 hundred factories, one million of government seed capital will generate two or three million cedis extra from private business men to support the government’s project.

Source: GhanaWeb January 19, 2020 11:15 UTC