{"id":214246,"date":"2016-05-14T11:44:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T11:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=214246"},"modified":"2016-05-14T11:44:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T11:44:19","slug":"govt-has-neglected-agric-in-northern-ghana-ivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/govt-has-neglected-agric-in-northern-ghana-ivor\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t has neglected agric in northern Ghana \u2013 Ivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The flagbearer of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Ivor Korbina Greenstreet, has questioned government\u2019s commitment to developing agriculture in Northern Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Greenstreet said the sharp decline in irrigation farming in the northern part of the country has led to\u00a0widespread joblessness among the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a mini rally in the Damango Township to outdoor the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate for the party, Ivor Greenstreet also criticized President John Mahama\u2019s accounting to the people tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The dams are dry, we see it. Our farming capacities are missing. We are here, we want to work but there are no jobs. So what are they accounting to us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214247 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ivor-greenstreet-1.jpg\" alt=\"ivor greenstreet (1)\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The CPP 2016 Presidential Candidate is currently embarking on what the party calls &#8220;Apam Foforo\u201d Tour to Northern Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Party Chairman Prof. Edmund Delle, the delegation is in the Upper West Region after touring the Gonja area.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Party\u2019s Communications Director, Kadir abdul Rauf Issifu, the tour is intended to garner the support opinion leaders for the party\u2019s November 7 agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are touching base with opinion leaders [and] people that can support us to prosecute our \u201capam foforo deal once we win the 2016 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Sixtus Dong Ullo \/citifmonline.com \/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flagbearer of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Ivor Korbina Greenstreet, has questioned government\u2019s commitment to developing agriculture in Northern Ghana. 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