The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Savannah Region has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, to apologise and retract over comments he made which they deem as demeaning to persons from the Northern part of Ghana.
The party says Dr Akoto sought to suggest in an interview aired on Accra-based Joy TV on Wednesday, 30 October 2019, that the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme has benefitted people of the North to the extent that not only are they now financial elevated to buy themselves motorbikes, but they are now able to build cement houses and roof them with modernised materials.
“We find these false statements very insulting and grossly disrespectful to we indigenes of the Northern parts of the country and as such we give the Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto an ultimatum of 24hours to retract and apologise for the denigration or face the consequences,” Savannah Regional NDC Communication Officer, Malik Basintale, stated in a press release on Thursday, 31 October 2019.
Debunking claims by the minister that the PFJ programme has been a success and yielding positive returns, Mr Basintale argued that “farmers now cry of high prices of raw materials causing an increase in prices of commodities at the market centres affecting both sellers and buyers. Importation of rice alone have risen from about $500million in 2016 to more than $1.1billion in 2018. The dollar rate is still on a marathon rise amidst huge ‘ghost’ exportation of food”.
The statement challenged the minister to point to one farmer in the North who has been successful as a result of participating in the PFJ programme and has gained monetary returns in order to build cement and block houses with modern roofs, in addition, to the purchase of motorbikes as he alleged.
“Failure to do so, we call for his outright dismissal and demand an unqualified apology from the government for the misconduct,” Mr Basintale added in the statement.
Source: classfmonline.com
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what at all is this politicians sought to gain by dividing the people of the north from south ? U understand exactly what the minister want to say but trying hard to shift those with the lower denominators understanding. Well i hope u will go back there with ur kids and leave there after ur term passed, u couldnt help them when u came to power now u are envy look at what u are planning. Shame.....
OHO, OHO, BASINTALE. THERE IS NO CORRELATION IN YOUR SENSE OF THINKING AT ALL. IT APPEARS YOU HAVE IDLE HANDS. YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING DOING SO THE LEAST IS TO GO TO THE PRESS JUST TO BE HEARD. WHAT IS WRONG WITH WHAT THE MINISTER SAID. IN FACT YOU ARE TOO MMMMMEEAAAAN, TO SAY THE LEAST.
Ask for me my brother indeed the devil finds work for the idle hands!!!!
Frustrated Basintali, give us a break. There is no right thinking and patriotic norther who say Planting for Food & Jobs have not improved our lives It is even a lie to say that farmwrs are crying of increased in raw materials. No government have ever in the history of Ghana reduce coat of seeds for farmers but President Nana Addo/Bawumia's government has done that so what are you say? Stop the lies Basintali.
So can’t NDC use their time to champion the cause of their 2020 campaign.
I support the minister to the foolest
I CAN SEE HOW ****barred word*** SOME OF YOU NPP FOLKS HAVE BECOME. LOOKING VERY WELL AT THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE MINISTER I CAN SAY 100% THAT HE IS AN OFFSPRNG OF NORTHERNER BECAUSE HE DOES NOT CARRY ANY FEATURES OF AN AKAN WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BE VERY BLACK LIKE CHARCOAL WITH A BIG HEAD AND A FLAT NOSE. YOUR OWN HISTORIAN ADU BOAHEN IN HIS BOOK "TOPICS ON WEST AFRICAN HISTORY" SAY IT NOT ME.
I wonder these illiterates in NDC will can ever understand anything at all. I am a proud Northern and perfectly endorse what the Minister said to be true. Please if you can get anything to talk about, go and sleep and let us have peace
SUCH A ***barred word*** OPPOSITION PARTY.. CAN YOU TELL US YOUR POLICIES AND STOP THIS GUTTER POLITICS? IF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS HAS NOW GONE UP AND THEY ARE ABLE TO BUY MOTOR BIKES, HE SHOULD NOT SAY IT? DID HE SAY ALL NORTHERNERS OR THOSE ENGAGED IN PFJ? ***barred word*** opposition
As for u people from top non issue biara becomes an issue ahba. Is this something to go on a press conference and call for resignation? You are always reading into things.