Citi News<\/strong> interview.<\/p>\nMr. Opoku’s comments follow government’s decision to commit GHc16 million to deal with the army worms. Half of this amount\u00a0is being used for the needed chemicals\u00a0and the other half is being used for extension purposes.<\/p>\n
Despite all these, there should also be an allocation to help farmers recoup their losses, he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are missing out on an important aspect\u2026 how do we deal with the losses of the affected farmers? They have invested resources. Some went to the banks to borrow and invest these monies in their farming activities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Opoku, also the Asunafo South MP, stressed that “we have to commit part of these resources to compensate for the losses of the affected farmers to serve as a motivation so that next year, these same people will be encouraged to go into farming activities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Allocation for education too high<\/strong><\/p>\nAside from this, the MP was of the view that, “even the allocation for education is too huge. The GHc 8 million is too huge.”<\/p>\n
Mr. Opoku argued that \u201cwe have the Agric extension officers on the field every day. Even because of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme, we are hiring more of these extension officers\u2026 Besides that, we also have the information services system. They have officers in almost every district across the country.\u00a0 Can’t we use them to educate the farmers and minimize the cost of education so we can make some allocation for the compensation of farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/Duke Mensah Opoku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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