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Tain Traditional Area chiefs praised President Akufo-Addo’s flagship educational intervention, the free SHS.
Chiefs said the program has had a significant impact on the lives of both students and parents in the community.
At a durbar in Nsawkaw, a community in the traditional area on Thursday, the Chiefs said the free SHS has made it possible for their children to access secondary education.
“The people of Tain are very grateful for your free SHS. Today, most of our people are receiving free education and that will help us, ”said Nsawkaw boss Daasebre Okogyeaman Duodu Ampem III, who spoke on behalf of the Tain Chiefs.
He added that the program has a high tendency to transform poor and marginalized communities in the area.
“It will help change the socioeconomic makeup of our district,” he said.
While praising the Akufo-Addo-led government for its educational intervention, the chiefs urged President Akufo-Addo to continue to do more to close the development gap between various communities and regions in the country, especially his own.
“We are part of the marginalized; very poor, low income. So any effort that the government undertakes to help us is very critical ”.
“Their programs must be geared towards alleviating poverty in poor communities like Tain.”
The Chiefs recognized the government’s ongoing project to build a cashew factory in the area, and also called on the government to review the price of cashew to help cashew farmers in the area.
“We grow cashew nuts and we know that there is an attempt to build a cashew factory for us; It is in process and we are waiting for it.
“We also want you to do something about cashew prices because cashew farmers are complaining about prices,” said the Chiefs, represented by Daasebre Okogyeaman Duodu Ampem III.
The government’s commitment to cashew nut production
Before Dr. Bawumia’s visit to Nsawkaw, he had visited Bongaase in the Damba constituency, where the chiefs also spoke about the welfare of the cashew farmers.
The vice president spoke extensively about the government’s plan to prioritize the cultivation and processing of cashew nuts and other crops.
He said that Parliament passed the Tree Crop Development Authority bill and that the Authority will oversee the cultivation of cashew nuts and other crops, just as the Cocoa Marketing Board does for cocoa.
On prices, the vice president said that the Tree Crop Development Authority will be the exclusive government agency to manage cashew prices, as well as to conduct research on cashew and other tree crop production.
