We’ll support cocoa farmers to increase productivity — Prof. Opoku-Agyemang

The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has stated that the next NDC government will support cocoa farmers with inputs to increase productivity.

She said it was disturbing that bad policies had left farmers and cocoa farmers overburdened with the high cost of inputs. She was speaking at durbar at the forecourt of the Assin Ngresi Town Hall as part of her tour of the Central Region.

Support

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the NDC government provided support for the farmers in the form of fertilisers at subsidised cost to reduce the cost of farming and enhance productivity.

She said under the NDC government, farmers would receive the needed support to feed the nation and bring in the needed foreign exchange. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the NDC would also promote skills training among the youth and support them with start-ups.

She therefore urged the youth to rally behind the NDC to enhance their livelihood. The NDC parliamentary aspirant for Assin South, Kofi Baidoo, pledged to work to bring infrastructural development to the area and appealed to the constituents to break the New Patriotic Party's 24-year hold of the constituency.

Professional forum

At a forum with members of the NDC professional forum at the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang stated that political campaigns were about the sharing of ideas.

She therefore urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to also tell Ghanaians what it could do for them.  She also urged the NPP to stop peddling falsehood, adding that “one cedi, two cedis mobile phones” could not qualify as a policy. 

Vote Mahama

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang, therefore, entreated Ghanaians to vote for the flag bearer of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama, in the December 7 polls to enable him to fulfil his promise of creating jobs for the teeming unemployed youth.

She said the party’s 24-Hour Economy policy would address some of the economic challenges bedevilling the economy and provide jobs for the youth.  

She noted that Ghana was broke and needed a quick fix. "We don't have money; our currency is where it is heading to, which is not a good place. We cannot pay our debt and we are in a crisis worse than we imagined," Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said.