Cape Coast, Sept 9, GNA - Gomoa West District Assembly

has invited investors to invest in the District's abundant potentials.

Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, District Chief Executive

(DCE), who gave the invitation, said there is a vast arable land

suitable for production of pineapples, cassava, maize,

watermelon, cashew and vegetables.

On fishing, the DCE said the District is bounded in the South

by the Atlantic Ocean which is viable for fishing and that the

District could boast of beautiful shores which could enhance the

fishing and tourism industries.

Mr Aidoo-Mensah who was speaking at the District's Day at

the Central Region Trade and Investment Fair 2010 in Cape

Coast, said the District was endowed with huge stone deposits

which were suitable for quarrying.

He said the district also had large deposits of clay suitable for

pottery, brick and tile production.

The DCE said there is sand at the area between Mprumem and

Bewadze which is suitable for producing Pozzalina cement which

could withstand the effects of sea breeze.

He said a factory to produce this type of cement was urgently

needed in the district to arrest the havoc done by portland cement

on buildings in the coastal areas.

Mr Aidoo-Mensah, who is also President of the National

Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), said gold

had recently been discovered in the district and called for further

exploration and mining of the mineral.

On tourism, the DCE said the district could boast of some

attractive tourist sites which included chains at the bathing site at

Nduem, which were used for slaves held at Fort Patience in

Apam, before shipping them to their destinations overseas.

Mr Aidoo-Mensah said the popular festivals for the 98

communities, with an estimated population of 118,042 people

were Akwanbo and Ahobaa.

He assured investors that the Assembly would help them to

acquire land for their projects, facilitate the provision of utility

services to the project site and liaise with the traditional authorities

to ensure that their interest was protected.

The fair was organized by the Central Region Development

Commission (CEDECOM) in collaboration with the Regional

Coordinating Council for the Metropolitan, Municipal and District

Assemblies to expose their investment potentials.