Govt Paying lip Service to Agric Sector-MP for Wenchi
The Member of Parliament for Wenchi, Hon Seidu Haruna has accused the government of only paying lip services to the Agriculture sector and not tackling the problems.
According to him, the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme been touted by officials of the government is much more a propaganda than reality.
The PFJ, he said though good, it has been poorly implemented as the sector Minister of Food and Agriculture could not account for the achievement of the policy when he appeared before Committee on Food, Aquaculture and Cocoa Affairs in Parliament to defend the 2024 budget estimates.
In his view, the current government is only good at slogan and rhetoric’s but delivered nothing to Ghanaian farmers as all its agriculture policies have failed to achieve good results.
Speaking to EXPRESSNEWSGHANA after parliament approved the 2024 budget estimate for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Hon Seidu said the low priority meted out to the agriculture sector by the present government has pushed farmers to abject poverty.
Parliament on Wednesday approved GH¢3,320,653,634.00 been the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs and well as GH¢298,772,253.00 million budgetary allocated to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development for the year ending December 31, 2024.
Hon Seidu Haruna said having thoroughly examined the Budget Estimates of the Ministry, the policies and programmes outlined for the year, the Committee approved the estimates on consensus with the expectation that the government would invest into the sector to ensure adequate growth.
Source: expressnewsghana.com
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