The introduction and implementation of ‘Planting For Food And Jobs’ initiative has always been believed to be the brainchild or birthright of the Nana Akufo-Addo government, but a former Minister in the erstwhile John Mahama government claims the policy was funded by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Stopping short of explicitly saying the NDC administration started the ‘Planting For Food and Job’ policy, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, a former Minister of Information and Communication, said that “obviously the source of funding has been that which the NDC administration provided”.
Pontificating on Radio Gold’s 'Alhaji and Alhaji' talk show, Dr Omane Boamah wondered why even after the NPP's predecessor (NDC) provided funding for the ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’, the Akufo-Addo administration still cannot ensure the fruition of the program, but is rather ‘shouting on the roof tops for a bumper harvest' in the area of plantain farming.
“They talk about planting for food and jobs and that obviously the source of funding has been that which the NDC administration provided. But you see, how can you grow corn then you go shouting on the roof tops clapping for yourself if you reap pineapple?” he wondered.
He asserted that the NPP administration led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has diverted the funds meant for ‘Planting for Food and Job’ to focus only on plantain which is just an aspect of the whole program, leaving the rest of the program to collapse; making the entire program unsuccessful.
“We heard them the last time, shouting over the roof tops that plantain, we have had a bumper harvest and so that meant that planting for food and jobs had worked; meanwhile they had never told us that they were investing ‘planting for food and jobs’ money in the area of plantain”.
The Medical Practitioner expressed repulsion therefore at the "level of arrogance and insensitivity" shown by the Akufo-Addo government towards "a simple caution by the Minority" in Parliament that the economy was moving in the wrong direction.
"A simple issue and questions were asked and these questions, one would have expected that the Vice President, Dr. Bawumia who asked over 170 questions, majority of which were useless questions would have had the presence of mind and the humility to address just five," he slammed.
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You (NDC) funded it? Really? This NDC people will soon go out of their minds and strip naked on the streets! You (NDC) VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED the PFJ and said famine that has never happened will come to Ghana. Now that you DOOM prophesy did not come true but rather food was in ABUNDANCE (after soo many years Ghana exported food to neighboring countries), you say what? INCOMPETENT INDEED even in opposition!
MR OMANE BOAMAH ARE YOU TRULLY A MEDICAL DOCTOR? IF YES THEN ' WO ABON PAA' 'WO NYANSA SUA PAA'. SOME BODY'S EYE WAS DAMAGED YOU SAID IT IS A TOMATO PASTE THEY USED ON THE EYE. NOW YOU WANT TO CLAIM PFJ IS THE BRAIN CHILD OF NDC OH MR INCOMPITENT DOCTOR WHO HAS NEVER OPERATED ON A PATIENT BEFORE WHEN WILL YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH TO GHANAIANS.MR OMANE DO YOU KNOW YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE WHO HELPED NDC TO FIND THEIR WAY TO OPPOSITION?
Anim guase fo NDC
The NDC said the PFJ was a waste of resources. During the army worm invasion, the MP for Mion was all over the place condemning the project as ill conceived and timed. Now you are claiming NDC conceived the idea. HMMMMMM, HMMMMMMMM, HMMMMMMMM. NDC WHY OH WHY
And what happened?
OVERDOSE OF TRAMADOL.SORRY FOR YOU DR OMANE BAOMA. DOCTOR INDEED
NDC is bereft of ideas. it pains me at times that these empty guys are voted into power CPP and the other parties should come together to have a deserving alternative party and not NDC From 2009 to 2016, somebody should tell me ONE policy introduced by NDC.
You and who funded what? Politicians de333333. You built a thousand cocoa roads but non exists except in your green books.
Lies and corruption sent the NDC into opposition. They are in opposition and the same crop of people continue to propagate the same lies. It seems lies is in their DNA. The NDC will stay in apposition for a very long time if not forever.
Are you out of your mind, 'Rd.' Who?