(Recylced wood products turned into kitchen furniture)

Page 53, Dec 10, 2007
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah
A Deputy Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines, Mr Andrew Adjei-Yeboah, has called for investment in the processing of sawdust and other wood wastes into finished products.
He said the measure would lead to the creation of jobs for the teeming youth and mitigate the increasing social vices in the country.
Mr Adjei-Yeboah was speaking at the opening of the Movingui Kitchen Showroom at Osu in Accra on Friday.
The Movingui Kitchens are made from wood products which have been recycled and reshaped into the best kitchen furniture.
Mr Adjei-Yeboah said the policy direction of the ministry was towards the injection of efficiency in wood procession so that producers could achieve optimal yields.
He said at the national development policy level, the government had created a conducive micro-economic environment for businesses to thrive.
“I am hopeful that as business executives and industrialists, you will continue to take maximum advantage of these economic incentives and opportunities to improve upon the timber industry.
Mr Adjei-Yeboah assured the company that the government was happy to be a partner in the process to ensure the full realisation of its laudable objective.
“Government will ensure that you get the necessary support from stakeholders to provide leadership for the restructuring effort that is needed by the industry so that the industry will be transformed and its competitiveness strengthened”.
Currently the Movingui Kitchens imports high quality kitchen furniture from Germany and instals them in the kitchens of institutions and individuals on demand throughout the country.
According to the General Manager of the company, Mr William Baka, the company was discussing with the parent manufacturing company in Germany the possibility of establishing one of the manufacturing plants in Ghana to process sawdust and other wood waste into high quality kitchen furniture.
He noted that if the plant was established, it would create more jobs for Ghanaians and also generate revenue in the form of taxes for the government.