{"id":379529,"date":"2017-12-02T11:08:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=379529"},"modified":"2017-12-02T11:20:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T11:20:30","slug":"ndc-man-condemns-govt-for-awarding-best-farmer-in-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/ndc-man-condemns-govt-for-awarding-best-farmer-in-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC man condemns gov’t for awarding best farmer in dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"
A policy analyst and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Kukubor, has lambasted government for awarding the best Ghanaian farmer<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for 2017 in dollars instead of cedis.<\/p>\n Speaking on Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s news analysis programme, The Big Issue<\/strong> on Saturday, Kofi Kukubor said awarding the National Best Farmer in dollars only goes to show that the country places little value on the Ghanaian cedi, and exposes the economy as weak.<\/p>\n Government on Friday crowned Philip Kweku Agyeman from the Brong Ahafo Region as the National Best Farmer of 2017, and handed him a dummy cheque of $100,000\u00a0 as his prize, at the 33rd National Farmers Day celebration held in Kumasi.<\/p>\n