Hon. Charles Asiedu, Member of Parliament for Tano South and a member of Parliament’s Energy Committee, has called on the government to urgently revitalise the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company Limited, arguing the struggling state-owned firm holds the key to thousands of jobs and a stronger local manufacturing sector.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Hon. Asiedu said the company’s recovery would generate employment across manufacturing, distribution, retail and installation services nationwide, and called for targeted state capital injections to modernise its production lines and introduce new fabrication technologies.
The company recorded a loss of GH¢4 million in 2021 and was acquired by the Ghana Gas Company Limited in 2023 to stop its operational collapse. Hon. Asiedu welcomed the acquisition but was clear it was not enough, calling additionally for joint ventures with private investors, government procurement policies favouring locally made cylinders and stronger accountability mechanisms across state-owned enterprises.
He also urged the government to leverage Ghana’s membership of the African Continental Free Trade Area to open neighbouring markets to the company’s products, which he said would create further jobs along export and logistics chains.
“These measures will not only revive an important industrial asset, they will create jobs, boost local manufacturing and help push Ghana towards its 2030 clean cooking goals,” he said, calling on Parliament, the executive and private stakeholders to act with urgency.
