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Former President John Mahama has promised to make the Bono, Bono Este and Ahafo regions the designated centers for agricultural processing in the country.
On a previous tour of the Bono and Bono East regions, where cashews, peppers and tomatoes are grown in commercial quantities, Mahama promised that processing factories would be established in the regions, if he won the December 2020 election. This, he explained, It will help add value and address the perennial problem of post-harvest losses and low crop prices for farmers.
Addressing a group of bosses, farmers, drivers, artisans and other groups at Techimantia in the Ahafo region on Friday, the NDC leader expressed confidence that the establishment of the processing factories will create more jobs, value and help farmers to earn more money for themselves. and their families.
Mr. Mahama expressed his disappointment at the cancellation of the free fertilizer program introduced by his administration for cocoa farmers, noting that President Nana Akufo-Addo chose to sell cocoa to farmers with fertilizers marked “no to la sale”.
He promised farmers that he would reinstate the free fertilizer program.
At the meeting, the former president introduced the NDC parliamentary candidate for the area, Hannah Bissue, who was also Deputy Minister of Agriculture under his administration. He said it was important to have more capable women in Parliament and therefore asked people to vote for him to be their Member of Parliament.
— starrfm
