The Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group of Companies, Dr Daniel McKorley, popularly known as McDan, has said the Volta Region can generate $9 billion annually.
According to McDan, the Volta Region is a sleeping giant with a youth population exceeding 70 per cent.
Speaking passionately at the Volta Economic Forum under the theme “Harnessing the Volta Corridor Economic Potential for the 24-Hour Economy Take-off,” McDan stated, “Everybody is talking about investment, but I was talking about revenue. The Volta Region can generate nine billion dollars. Is it our attitude, or are we just not deliberate?”
“I’m developing the biggest salt mine in Africa,” he said. “Yes, there are challenges, but we’re scaling through. I’m moving into the Volta Region to start operations and develop it.”
He added, “You can have the longest cable car in the world near Afadjato Mountain. This region can be a tourism powerhouse,” he said, referencing the area’s “health tourism” potential, including traditional waterfalls believed to have healing powers.
“I want to see private jets flying here into the Volta Region with investors. Let’s take this region seriously,” he stated.
McDan further described the Volta Region as a “sleeping giant” with a youth population exceeding 70 percent.
He stressed the need to empower young people through entrepreneurship, innovation, and vocational training.
McDan added, “We have to be creative. We have the youth, and we must develop them,” he said. “The 24-hour economy is a good concept, but it only works if we start acting.”
“We are waiting for the government to come to our aid, but we have what it takes as the private sector to take a move in our own small way,” he said. “If we start, I believe the government will step in.”
In related news, Kwame Nsiah-Apau, affectionately called Okyeame Kwame, a celebrated Ghanaian musician, has praised the people of the Volta Region for keeping their river bodies and sea clean.
According to Okyeame Kwame, he is amazed by the scenery in the Volta Region and calls on all Ghanaians to clap for the people of the Volta Region.
He noted that Voltarians love nature as they are not engaged in galamsey in their river bodies.
Speaking in a viral video, Okyeame Kwame stated, “So, I am in the Volta Region, and I am going to Keta for some school work, and I am telling you this place amazes me. I want to clap for all the Voltarians in Ghana.
I love the way you keep your rivers clean, the way you keep your seas, look at the sea, not a single rubber. Look at how clean it is. Everybody on social media, let’s clap for Voltarians in Ghana, you people know how to love nature. God bless all Voltarians, you people don’t do galamsey, we love”, he added.