Farmers group has called on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to consider a young relentless farmer as the Minister for the sector following the resignation of Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Agric.
In a statement released by the group, they mentioned that the young farmer could not be any other person than Nana Oboadie Boateng Bonsu who has the interest of the farmers at heart.
The statement reads:
It has come to our notice that Minister of Agric has resigned to join the Npp Presidential race and we wish him good luck for taking such a bold decision. We also thank the minister for his hard work and the initiative: Planting for Food and Jobs and Rearing for Food and Jobs.
we want to use this medium to inform the President to consider we the farmers when appointing new minister to such a prestigious office.
The collation of all the farmers in Ghana is proposing Nana Oboadie Boateng Bonsu who is the president of the Concerned Framers Association of Ghana to President to appoint him as the Minister of Agricultural.
Nana Oboadie Boateng Bonsu has been in the agric sector for the past 25 Yeats and have work with various farmer groups in Ghana.
He is very hard working ,voice for the farmers, he has tour the breath and length of this country and know the challenges the sector is facing and he has converted thousands of galamsey youth into farming .
He is the farmers choice and we believe that he will deliver .
we are therefore asking the President to appoint him to be the Minister of Agric.
Try and tested.
Gustav Annor
Communication Director