The National Democratic Congress 2020 parliamentary candidate for the Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region Henry Osei Akoto has described Ghana’s Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as an “abysmal failure’.
According to him, the Agric sector has become worse off since the minister took over the reign of that office. Dr. Afriyie Akoto has been touting his sector’s achievements ever since he took charge as minister of agriculture.
But Henry Osei Akoto thinks otherwise. He believes the minister is peddling falsehoods about the country’s food production levels.
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Henry Osei Akoto who made the remarks in an interview with Accra FM Wednesday stated that the idea behind the government’s policy such as the planting of food and jobs in terms of increasing the country’s food yields is solid but its benefit is very minimal.
According to him, food security is key and hence a national issue that should be of concern to all. He further stated that the amount of huge capital injected into that sector alone is enough to increase food production in the country but says is been saddled with “deception and misinformation.
“The intent of government’s pro policy program such as the planting for food and jobs is good but how beneficial is it to our food security?” Henry Osei Akoto quizzed.
“Look at prices of Food in the country today, they are skyrocketing regularly, especially cereals such as maize. “The price of a bag of maize today should be a worry for all and it is even difficult to find some to buy. “Poultry production in the country is sharply declining, farmers are struggling to even find maize to feed their animals”, he added.
Mr. Osei Akoto also lamented the scarcity of fertilisers for farmers in the country. Last year, persons within the country’s food production value chain warned of the unavailability of fertilizer in the country. However, the government blamed the situation partly on the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year is no different; farmers are already lamenting the shortage of fertilizers, warning of dire consequences on food security in the country.
