An appeal has been made for rehabilitation of the Komenda sugar factory in the central region of Ghana to provide employment for the youth in the area.

Nana Esiedu II, newly installed Abranehene of the Komenda Traditional Area, who made the appeal, regretted that the factory, which can take 4,000 employees, has been left to ruins.

Nana Esiedu, known in private life as Mr Kofi Ackon-Annan, a Bursar at the Saint Augustines College at Cape Coast was speaking during his installation at Komenda.

He appealed for rehabilitation of the Vrodenburgh Castle, which was built by the Dutch, to serve as a tourist attraction.

Nana Esiedu, expressed concern about power outages and poor water supply in the area and appealed to the utility companies to improve their services in the town.

He urged Assembly Members to encourage people in their electoral areas to respond to calls for communal labour as a means of improving environmental sanitation in the area.

The Omanhene of the area, Nana Kodwo Kru II, called on parents to heed the call for girl-child education and invest in the education of their children instead of spending money on unprofitable ventures.