Mr Clement Ayamga, Chief Executive Officer of New Vision Consult Limited, on Monday called on the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority to support growing and existing industries in the North to thrive.
He said the region was endowed with rich natural resources which should be tapped to help provide jobs and reduce the migration of young people to seek greener pastures.
Mr Ayamga made the call when he interacted with journalists at Nakolo, near Navrongo in the Upper East Region.
New Vision Consult is engaged in purchasing and processing shea butter and cosmetic products.
The corporate entity has an objective of using semi- labour intensive procedures to ensure that people within its business operational areas were engaged in productive ventures during the off farming season.
Mr Ayamga said as a Northerner he was motivated by the abundant shea nut tree in the region to establish a venture to facilitate development.
He mentioned the challenges facing the industry as access to market and funding and called on the government, business partners, and exporters to support the industry to grow.
“By doing so the youth would have work to do and remain at home instead of leaving for the south for non existing jobs”, he added.
He said since the inauguration of the project last year there had not been brisk business due to lack of patronage of its products.
Mr Ayamga said the company has the capacity of producing up to 2,000 tonnes of sheabutter when it attracts the needed support.
He said waste and environmental management formed an integral part of the industry’s objective to ensure sustainable use of resources, explaining that the by- product from shea butter could be used as fuel at home instead of the over reliance on fuel wood.